Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 302 - METHOD OF SALE OF COMMODITIES
Section 001-302-2 - Modification to Permit Sale of Milk in Three Quart Volume
Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 001-302-2
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
The State Sealer specifically modifies and amends section 1.6.(a) of the Model State Regulation for the Method of Sale of Commodities (1983), as adopted by the 1982 National Conference on Weights and Measures and published by the National Bureau of Standards in N.B.S. Handbook 130 (1983), to read as follows:
"1.6.
FLUID
MILK PRODUCTS.--All fluid milk products, including but not limited to
milk, lowfat milk, skim milk, cultured milks, and cream shall be packaged for
retail sale only in volumes per subsection 1.6(a), or subsection 1.6(b) or (c):
Provided, that inch-pound sizes less than 1 gill and metric sizes less than 100
milliliters shall be permitted, ( and further provided that the sale of fluid
milk products in the inch-pound volume of three liquid quarts shall be
automatically suspended for any time during the life of this second proviso
when there is not in effect a valid minimum wholesale and/or retail price or
prices established for the three-quart container by the Maine Milk Commission.
This second proviso shall become effective upon the effective date of the
August, 1983 amendment to this chapter, and shall expire upon issuance by the
Maine Milk Commission of its first order establishing minimum prices for all
package sizes and types regulated by that body on the basis of the major
investigation and hearing currently pending before it.
(a) Inch-Pound Volumes - 1 gill, 1/2 liquid pint, 10 fluid ounces, 1 liquid pint, 1 liquid quart, 1/2 gallon, 3 liquid quarts, 1 gallon, 1-1/2 gallons, 2 gallons, 1-1/2 gallons, or multiples of 1 gallon."
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