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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