Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Cows
health.
(1) A tuberculin test of all herds
and additions thereto shall be made before any milk therefrom is sold, and at
least once every twelve (12) months thereafter, by a veterinarian recognized by
the state livestock board and the United States department of agriculture,
animal disease eradication branch. Said tests shall be made and any reactors
disposed of in accordance with the requirements approved by the U.S. department
of agriculture, animal disease eradication branch. A certificate identifying
each animal, by number, signed by the veterinarian or attested to by the
department and filed as directed by the department, shall be evidence of the
above test.
(2) Cows which show a
complete induration of one quarter or extensive induration in one 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 case of a 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.
(3) Results of all brucella ring tests
performed in New Mexico by the U.S. department of agriculture laboratories and
the scientific laboratory division shall be filed with the department. When the
results of brucella ring test are positive, the herd must be individually
tested and any reactors disposed of in accordance with the requirements
approved by the U.S. department of agriculture, animal disease eradication
branch.
(4) Cows which show
evidence of the secretion of abnormal milk in one or more quarters, based upon
bacteriological, chemical or physical amination, shall be milked last or with
separate equipment; and the milk shall be discarded. Cows treated with, or cows
which have consumed chemical, medicinal or radioactive agents which are capable
of being secreted in the milk and which, in the judgment of the department, may
be deleterious to human health, shall be milked last or with separate
equipment, and the milk disposed of as the department may direct.
(5) For diseases other than brucellosis and
tuberculosis, the department shall require such physical, chemical or
bacteriological tests as it deems necessary to protect public health.
B. Milking barns.
(1) Milking barn lighting. A milking barn,
stable or parlor shall be provided. It shall be provided with adequate light,
properly distributed, for both day and night milking.
(2) Milking barn air space and ventilation.
Such sections of the milking barn or parlor where cows are milked, shall be
well ventilated with either normal or artificial means.
(3) Milking barn floors. The floors and
gutters of that portion of the barn or parlor in which cows are milked shall be
constructed of concrete or other approved, impervious and easily cleaned
material. Floors and gutters shall be graded so as to drain properly and shall
be kept clean and in good repair. No swine or fowl shall be permitted in the
milking barn or parlor.
(4) Milking
barn walls and ceilings. The interior walls and ceilings of the milking barn or
parlor shall be painted as often as may be necessary, or finished in an
approved manner and shall be kept clean and in good repair. A tight ceiling is
required. If feed should be ground or mixed or sweet feed should be stored, in
a feed room or feed storage space which adjourns the milking area, it shall be
separated therefrom by a dust-tight door.
C. Manure disposal. All manure shall be
removed or disposed of in such a manner as best to prevent the breeding of
flies therein and shall be inaccessible to cows.
D. Milk house and milk washroom construction
and equipment. There shall be provided a milk house or milk room for the
cooling, storing of raw milk and raw milk products and packaging. There shall
be a washroom for the washing, bactericidal treatment and storing of milk
containers and utensils.
(1) The milk house or
room and the washroom shall be provided with a smooth floor, constructed of
concrete or other impervious material maintained in good repair and graded to
provide proper drainage.
(2) Both
rooms shall have walls and ceilings of such construction as to permit easy
cleaning and shall be well painted or finished in an approved manner.
(3) They shall be well lighted and well
ventilated.
(4) They shall have all
openings effectively screened, including outward opening self-closing doors
unless other effective means are provided to prevent the entrance of flies and
insects.
(5) They shall not be used
for any purpose other than those specified above, except as may be approved by
the department; they shall not open directly into a milking barn, parlor or
room used for domestic purposes; provided that a direct opening between the
milk house and milking barn or parlor is permitted when a tight-fitting,
self-closing solid door(s) hinged to be single or double acting is
provided.
(6) The washroom shall
have water piped into it and shall have adequate facilities for heating water
to clean utensils and milking equipment; and it shall be equipped with a
three-compartment stationary sink, wash, rinse and sanitizing vats.
(7) The milk house or room shall have
convenient handwashing facilities, soap and towels.
(8) Calf bottles, medicinals and pesticides
shall not be stored in the milk room.
E. Milk house and washroom and flies. The
floors, walls, ceilings, windows and equipment of the milk room or washroom
shall be kept clean at all times and all approved means for the elimination of
flies shall be used.
F. Toilet.
Each dairy farm shall be provided with one or more sanitary toilets,
conveniently located and properly constructed, operated and maintained, so that
waste is inaccessible to flies and does not contaminate surface or ground
water.
G. Water supply. Water for
all dairy purposes shall be from a supply in conformance with environmental
improvement board water supply regulations. Water samples for bacteria analysis
shall be obtained and comply with drinking water standards before a permit is
issued. It shall be sampled after all work is completed, after breaking the
seal on the plate and routinely sampled once a year for coliform
bacteria.
H. Utensils.
(1) All multi-use containers and equipment,
pipeline milking systems and other equipment in the handling, storage,
bottling, capping or transportation of raw milk or raw milk products shall be
made of smooth, nonabsorbent, non-corrodible, non-toxic material, shall be
fabricated and installed as to be easily cleaned and shall be self draining and
kept in good repair, as recommended in the 3-A sanitary
standards. Woven wire cloth shall not be used and shall not be reused.
All milk pails shall be of the seamless hooded type. All single-service
articles shall have been manufactured, packaged, transported, stored and
handled in a sanitary method.
(2)
All multi-use containers, equipment and other utensils used in the handling,
storage, filling, capping or transportation of raw milk and raw milk products
shall be thoroughly cleaned immediately after each usage.
(3) All multi-use containers, equipment,
pipelines and other utensils used in milking, packaging, capping of raw milk
and raw milk products shall, before each usage, be subjected effectively to an
approved bactericidal process using steam, hot water, chemicals or hot
air.
(4) All containers, strainer
pads and other milking equipment used in the production, transportation of raw
milk and raw milk products unless stored in bactericidal solutions, shall be
stored as to drain dry and so as not to be contaminated before being used. All
ports and openings shall be covered on bulk milk utensils which contain milk.
Crates in which clean bottles are stored shall be kept clean and bottles
inverted and elevated above the floor to prevent contamination.
(5) After bactericidal treatment, containers
and other raw milk and raw milk product utensils and equipment shall be handled
in such a manner as to prevent contamination of any surface with which raw milk
and raw milk products come into contact.
I. Milking udders and tests.
(1) Milking shall be done in the milking barn
or parlor.
(2) The udders and teats
of each milking cow shall be washed until clean with a bactericidal solution
approved by the department using one or more single service towels and
completely dried with one or more different single service towels. If an iodine
bactericidal agent is used, the minimum concentration of iodine shall be 25
ppm. Other bactericidal agents and concentrations may be used as approved by
the director of the department. The bactericidal solution shall be maintained
at approved strength throughout the entire milking process.
(3) Abnormal milk shall be kept out of the
raw milk supply and be so handled and disposed of as to preclude the infection
of the healthy cows and the contamination of milking utensils.
(4) Cows giving abnormal milk shall be milked
last.
J. Milking-flanks.
The flanks and tails of all milking cows shall be free from visible dirt at the
time of milking. All brushing shall be completed before milking
commences.
K. Milkers' hands.
(1) Milkers' hands shall be washed clean,
rinsed with an effective bactericidal solution and dried with a single service
towel, immediately before milking and immediately after any interruption in the
milking operation.
(2) Wet hand
milking is prohibited.
(3)
Convenient hand washing facilities shall be provided for washing of milkers'
hands.
(4) No person with an
infected cut or lesion on hands or arms shall milk cows, or handle milking
utensils or other equipment.
L. Clean clothing. All personnel shall wear
clean outer garments while milking or handling milk, milk products, containers,
utensils or equipment.
M. Removal
of milk.
(1) Each pail or can of milk shall be
removed immediately to the milk house or milk room.
(2) No milk shall be strained or poured in
the milking barn or parlor, unless it is protected from flies and other
contamination.
N.
Bottling and capping.
(1) Raw milk and raw
milk products shall be bottled on the farm where produced.
(2) Bottling and capping shall be done in a
sanitary method by means of approved mechanical filler and capper and these
operations shall be integral in one machine.
(3) Caps or cap stock shall be purchased in
sanitary containers and shall be stored in such a manner that will preclude
contamination.
O.
Vehicles and surroundings.
(1) All vehicles
used for the transportation of raw milk or raw milk products shall be
constructed and operated so as to protect their contents from the sun, from
freezing and from contamination.
(2) All vehicles used for the distribution of
raw milk and raw milk products shall have the distributor's name and address
prominently displayed thereon.
P. The immediate surroundings of the dairy
shall be kept in a clean, neat condition to prevent breeding of flies and
rodents.