Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 136 - OFFICIAL STATE OF MAINE GRADES AND STANDARDS FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS FOR USE WITH THE STATE OF MAINE QUALITY TRADEMARK
Section 001-136-I - DEFINITIONS
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
For the purpose of this Chapter, and unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words shall have the following meanings:
A. "Applicant" means a person who owns or operates a milk plant, who has applied for an initial license to use the State of Maine Quality Trademark for milk or milk products and a licensed user seeking to renew a license.
B. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources.
C. "Department" means the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Division of Quality Assurance and Regulations.
D. "Fresh Milk" means milk offered for sale to the public that complies with 21 CFR 101.95(2008), except that Ultra Pasteurized or Ultra High Temperature pasteurized milk may not be considered "fresh".
E. "Licensed User" means an owner or operator of a milk plant who has applied for and been issued a license granting permission to use the official Quality Trademark on packages or advertisement in compliance with Chapter 135, Official Use of the State of Maine Quality Trademark.
F. "Milk" means milk and milk products as defined in 7 M.R.S.A. §2901.
G. "Milk Plant" means any place, premises or establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, aseptically processed, bottled or otherwise prepared for distribution.
H. "Milk Producer" means the owner or operator of a dairy farm where milk is sold in bulk form to a milk plant.
I. "Produced within the State" means 80% of the milk in any package must have actually been produced within the state. For any given package, the percentage of milk produced within the state will be deemed to be that percentage of the licensed user's milk used for processing which was actually produced within Maine during the calendar month, according to the Maine Milk Commission.
J. "Recombinant bovine somatotropin" or rBST means the synthetic version of the naturally-occurring hormone, bovine somatotropin or rBST, produced through recombinant DNA technology.
K. "State of Maine Quality Trademark" means the official quality trademark consisting of a silhouette of the State of Maine divided into three horizontal sections, as further described in Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources Rules, Official Use of the State of Maine Trademark, Chapter 135.
