Rule 901:11-1-02 | Materials incorporated by reference.
(A) Sections 1 to 14 and appendices B to T of the PMO, except as deleted or amended in this chapter, are adopted as rules of the department of agriculture, state of Ohio, and incorporated into this chapter by reference.
(B) Whenever used in the materials incorporated into this chapter under paragraph (A) of this rule:
(1) Ellipsis shall refer to the "State of Ohio";
(2) "Ordinance" shall be read as "rule";
(3) "Regulatory agency" shall be read as "department of agriculture, State of Ohio";
(4) "Section 3" shall be read as "rule 901:11-1-04 of the Administrative Code"; and,
(5) "Permit" or "permits," when used as a noun, shall be read as "license" or "licenses."
(C) Imbedded references in PMO.
(1) The following federal government publications can be found either at www.fda.gov or www.aphis.usda.gov:
(a) Bacteriological analytical manual (BAM), eighth edition, revision A, 1998, online edition, department of health and human services, U.S. food and drug administration, center for food safety and applied nutrition;
(b) Evaluation of milk laboratories (EML) 2023 revision, U.S. department of health and human services, public health services, food and drug administration;
(c) Methods of making sanitation ratings of milk supplies (MMSR) 2023 revision, U.S. department of health and human services, public health services, food and drug administration;
(d) Procedures governing the cooperative state-public health service/food and drug administration program of the national conference on interstate milk shipments (procedures) 2023 revision, U.S. department of health and human services, public health services, food and drug administration;
(e) Bovine tuberculosis eradication, uniform methods and rules, effective January 1, 2005 U.S. department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection services, APHIS 91-45-011;
(f) Brucellosis eradication: Uniform methods and rules, effective October 1, 2003, U.S. department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, APHIS 91-45-013;
(g) M-a-85, revision number sixteen, beta lactam test methods for use under Appendix N and section 6 of the PMO, December 20, 2018, U.S. department of health and human services, public health services, food and drug administration, center for food safety and applied nutrition;
(h) M-a-98, revision number one official grade "A" pasteurized milk ordinance regulatory laboratory tests for grade "A" milk and milk products and grade "A" dairy farm and milk plant water, April 14, 2020, U.S. department of health and human services, public health services, food and drug administration, center for food safety and applied nutrition;
(i) M-I-92-11, chloramphenicol screening test methods, November 20, 1992, U.S. department of health and human services, public health services, food and drug administration, center for food safety and applied nutrition;
(j) M-I-96-10, revision number ten, drug residue test methods for confirmation of presumptive positive results and initial producer traceback, December 20, 2018, U.S. department of health and human services, public health services, food and drug administration, center for food and safety and applied nutrition; and,
(2) Private and professional standards:
(a) Standard methods for the examination of dairy products (SMEDP), eighteenth edition 2024, edited by Jeffrey L. Kornacki, PhD, Elliot T. Ryser, PhD, Cynthia M. Mangione, BA and H. Michael Wehr, PhD, "American public health association, 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 2001." For more information please visit www.apha.org; and,
(b) Official methods of analysis of the AOAC international (OMA), twenty-second edition 2022, Dr. George W. Latimer, Jr., editor, published by "AOAC international, 2275 Research boulevard, suite 300, Rockville, Maryland 20850 USA." For more information please visit www.eoma.aoac.org.
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