(A) Grade "A"
raw milk is raw milk produced upon dairy farms conforming with all of the
following items of sanitation. The bacterial plate count of the milk shall not
exceed twenty thousand ( 20,000) per milliliter and not more than ten (10)
coliform per milliliter as determined in accordance with
2 CSR
80-3.001.
1. Cow
health. All herds and additions shall be tested and found free of tuberculosis
before any milk is sold, and all herds shall be retested at least every twelve
(12) months thereafter until accredited or certified by the United States
Department of Agriculture as a tuberculosis-free herd. The tests and retests
shall be made and any reactors disposed of, in accordance with the latest
requirements approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
for tuberculosis-free accredited herds, in effect at the time of the adoption
of these regulations. A certificate identifying each animal signed by the
veterinarian or attested to by the state authority, and filed as directed by
the state authority, shall be evidence to the previously-mentioned test.
A. All herds and additions shall be tested
and found free of brucellosis before any milk is sold, and all herds shall be
retested at least every twelve (12) months thereafter until accredited or
certified by the United States Department of Agriculture as a brucellosis-free
herd. Tests and retests shall be made, and any reactors disposed of in
accordance with the latest requirements by the USDA, in effect at the time of
the adoption of these rules. A certificate identifying each animal, signed by
the veterinarian and the director of the laboratory making the test and filed
as directed by the state authority, shall be evidence of the previous
test.
B. Cows which show a complete
induration of one (1) quarter or extensive induration in one (1) or more
quarters of the udder, upon physical examination whether secreting abnormal
milk or not, shall be permanently excluded from the milking herd, provided that
this shall not apply in the case of quarter that is completely dry. Cows giving
bloody, stringy, or otherwise abnormal milk, but without entire or extensive
induration of the udder, shall be excluded from the herd until reexamination
shows that the milk has become normal.
C. For other diseases, such tests and
examinations as the state authority may require after consultation with state
livestock sanitary officials shall be made at intervals and by methods
prescribed by him/her, and any diseased animals or reactors shall be disposed
of as s/he may require.
