Code of Massachusetts Regulations
330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Title 330 CMR 21.00 - Supervision Of Milk Pricing And Supply
Section 21.03 - Monthly Dealer System

Universal Citation: 330 MA Code of Regs 330.21

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(1) The Commissioner may require any licensed processors and dealers (including handlers, producer-handlers, subdealers and producer-dealers and including, as applicable, companies whose processing and retailing operations are vertically integrated) to file reports on forms supplied by the Department as follows: On or before the 15th of the month for the preceding month a report of the following:

(a) Loans of money, including any guarantee or procurement of another to guarantee or any underwriting of any financial obligation of any customer served by licensee or solicited by the licensee.

(b) Sales, loans, or rentals (including lease purchase agreements) of any refrigeration equipment to any customer served by the licensee or solicited to be served by the licensee. A processor or dealer shall report any such equipment supplied on behalf of its subdealers.

(c) Names of all wholesale customers, including dealers, acquired and/or lost during the previous month. This information shall include trade names, addresses, current milk license numbers (if applicable) and, for lost accounts, the reason given for the change.

(d) The lowest net prices charged (after all rebates, discounts and allowances) during the month for milk and orange juice delivered to stores in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the lowest net prices charged to dealers and stores for milk sold at the plant dock.

(e) Information whether the dealer is purchasing milk from independent producers; and the quantity of such purchases.

(f) The Department requires monthly reports showing no activity, if appropriate.

(g) The following licensees shall be exempt from the reporting requirements of 330 CMR 21.03:
1. subdealers selling only to home-delivery customers;

2. dealers and subdealers with fewer then 20 wholesale accounts and less than $200,000 per month of annual average monthly sales.

(h) In accordance with M.G.L. c. 94A, § 13(d), the Department shall treat as confidential competitive information all reports received under 330 CMR 21.03 and shall not disclose such information except as otherwise provided by law.

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