Code of Massachusetts Regulations
330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Title 330 CMR 27.00 - Standards and Sanitation Requirements for Grade A Raw Milk
Section 27.14 - Enforcement Standards
Universal Citation: 330 MA Code of Regs 330.27
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Enforcement
(a)
Whenever two of the last four consecutive bacterial counts, somatic cell
counts, or cooling temperature checks, taken on separate days, exceed the limit
of the standard for the milk and/or milk products, the Department shall send by
first class mail a written notice thereof to the certificatee. This notice
shall also inform the certificatee of the provisions of 330 CMR 27.14(l)(b),
and shall remain in effect as long as two of the last four consecutive samples
exceed the limit of the standard. An additional sample shall be taken within 21
days of the sending of such notice, but not before the lapse of three
days.
(b) Whenever the standard is
violated by three of the last five bacterial counts, somatic cell counts, or
cooling temperature checks, the Department shall immediately suspend the
certificate in accordance with
330 CMR
27.16(1).
(c) The Department may accept determinations
of 330 CMR 27.14 by out-of-state regulatory authorities for producers shipping
milk into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from out-of-state
locations.
(d) When the somatic
cell count of a re-check sample of the producer's milk is above 1,000,000 cells
per ml., the producer shall be sent written notification. It shall be suggested
in the notification that all in-state producers enroll in the Massachusetts
Mastitis Control Program.
(e)
Whenever a drug or pesticide residue test is positive, an investigation shall
be made to determine the cause, and the cause shall be corrected. An additional
sample shall be taken and tested for drug or pesticide residues, and no milk
shall be offered for sale, nor shall any milk be received from a contaminated
source until it is shown by a subsequent sample to be free of drug or pesticide
residues or below the action levels established for such residues.
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