Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R70 - Regulatory Services
Rule R70-330 - Raw Milk for Retail
Section R70-330-8 - Animal Health
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 70-330-8
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Testing shall be needed in the event that the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) has determined that Utah is not "Certified Free" of zoonotic disease.
(a)
Tests shall be conducted in the following manner:
(i) each animal shall be examined by a
veterinarian before inclusion in a raw milk supply;
(ii) examination by veterinarians shall be
conducted every six months;
(iii)
each animal in the herd must be positively identified as an
individual;
(iv) the examination
shall include an examination of the milk by a method recommended by the PMO;
and
(v) the test shall include a
statement of the udder health of each animal, and a general systemic health
evaluation.
(b)
Tuberculosis tests shall be conducted in the following manner:
(i) each animal shall have been tested for
tuberculosis within 60 days before the beginning of milk production;
(ii) each animal shall be retested for
tuberculosis once each year; and
(iii) each positive reacting animal shall be
sent to slaughter in accordance with Rule R58-11.
(c) Each bovine animal from which raw milk
for retail is produced shall be positively identified as a properly vaccinated
animal or shall be negative to the official blood test for brucellosis within
30 days before the beginning of each lactation.
(i) Each positively reacting animal shall be
sent to slaughter in accordance with Rule R58-11.
(ii) Goats and sheep shall be tested once
each year for brucellosis with the official blood test and each positively
reacting animal shall be sent to slaughter in accordance with Rule
R58-11.
(2) Each bulk tank shall be tested at least four times yearly with the brucella milk ring test.
(a) If the brucella ring test
is positive for brucellosis, each animal in the herd shall be tested with the
official blood test and any reactors found shall be immediately sent to
slaughter in accordance with Rule R58-11.
(3) This section shall not apply if the state veterinarian has determined that an animal species in Utah which is milked for human or animal consumption is not at risk for a specific zoonotic disease.
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