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 27.19 - Grade A Fluid Milk from Outside the Commonwealth

(a) Upon arrival at the plant, commingled milk for pasteurization shall comply with the bacteriological, chemical and temperature standards of 330 CMR 27.05.

(b) Raw and pasteurized milk received from sources outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be sampled as the Department requires.

(c) Grade A fluid milk shall be produced under regulations substantially equivalent to those of 330 CMR 27.00.

(d) Grade A fluid milk shall be under routine official supervision.

(e) Grade A fluid milk must have been awarded, by a State Milk Sanitation Rating Officer certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a milk sanitation compliance rating of 90% or higher and an enforcement rating of 90% or higher. Milk not meeting these requirements shall be prohibited from entering the Massachusetts market.

(f) All ratings are made on the basis of procedures outlined in the latest revision of Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk Supplies and the most recent edition of the Recommendations of the United States Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration, or any successor document.