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...(A) Acceptability of raw milk from each producer shall be based on a visual examination for appearance and odor or by an acceptable test procedure for bacterial count, somatic cell count, and drug residue test as specified in rules 901:11-2-03 to 901:11-2-05 of the Administrative Code. (B) The appearance of acceptable raw milk shall be normal and free of excessive coarse sediment. The milk shall ...

...(A) During at least four separate months within any consecutive six month period, each dairy plant or co-operative association shall collect and submit producer raw milk samples to a laboratory for examination to determine the somatic cell count of the samples. Samples shall be representative of all raw milk shipped from bulk tanks and received in cans. (B) The somatic cell standard for accep...

...(A) A manufacture milk producer shall do one of the following: (1) In the case of manufacture milk that is stored in cans on a manufacture milk producer's farm, cool the milk to and store it at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit (sixteen degrees Celsius) or lower within two hours after completion of the milking; or (2) In the case of manufacture milk that is stored in a bulk tank on t...

...(A) No person shall be issued a producer or processor license or registration unless they are in compliance with rules 901:11-2-01 to 901:11-2-44 of the Administrative Code. (B) The licensed dairy farm or dairy plant shall be inspected annually after the initial licensing inspection. (C) Any license or registration issued under this rule may be denied, suspended, or revoked as specified in parag...

...All equipment and utensils necessary for the manufacture of cheese and related products shall meet the same general requirements as outlined in rule 901:11-2-22 of the Administrative Code. In addition, for certain other equipment the following requirements shall be met: (A) Bulk starter vats shall be constructed of stainless steel or equally corrosion-resistant metal and shall be in good repair, equi...

...As used in rules 901:11-3-01 to 901:11-3-11 of the Administrative Code: (A) "Critical limit" means the maximum or minimum value to which a physical, biological or chemical parameter must be held to prevent, eliminate or reduce to an acceptable level the occurrence of a food safety hazard. (B) "Critical control point" means a point, step or procedure in food processing at which appropriate meas...

...As used in rules 901:11-3-01 to 901:11-3-09 of the Administrative Code: (A) "21 C.F.R." means Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (April 2023). (B) "Drug" means: (1) Articles recognized in the official United States pharmacopoeia, official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official national formulary; (2) Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, trea...

...(A) Raw milk or milk products intended for use in the manufacturing of frozen desserts shall not be accepted by the manufacturer of frozen desserts unless the milk and milk products meet the following standards at the time of delivery and are maintained by the manufacturer of frozen desserts through pasteurization: (1) Temperature at forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (seven degrees Celsius) or less; ...

...(A) Every frozen dessert manufacturer shall conduct, or have conducted for it, an analysis to determine whether there are food safety hazards that are reasonably likely to occur in conjunction with the manufacturing of frozen dessert and to identify the critical control points and preventive measures that apply to control those hazards. The analysis shall include food safety hazards which can occu...

...(A) No person shall produce, provide, sell, offer, expose for sale, or have in their possession with the intent to sell, any milk or milk product which is adulterated or misbranded. Any adulterated or misbranded milk or milk products may be impounded by the director and disposed of in accordance with applicable laws or regulations. (B) Upon notification by the director that a milk or milk product contains an adulte...

...(A) Prior to use, the milk hauler or weigher, sampler, or tester (hauler/sampler) shall clean and sanitize product contact surfaces of all multi-use containers, tanks, equipment, and utensils used in the sampling, testing and transportation of milk and milk products. Additionally, bulk milk transport tanks and related multi-use equipment shall be cleaned and sanitized after the transport of manufacture milk or the co...

..."Grade "A" dry milk products" means milk products which have been manufactured under the dry milk provisions of the pasteurized milk ordinance which has been adopted in rule 901:11-1-01 of the Administrative Code.

...Responsible parties that violate any part of this chapter are subject to the penalties specified in rule 901:12-2 of the Administrative Code. Penalties are assessed based on the classification of the violation as major or minor as defined in rule 901:12-2-1 of the Administrative Code.

...(A) "Minor violations" include actions that violate division 901:12 of the Administrative Code that occur due to neglect or unintentional acts of substandard practices which do not: (1) Place the animal's life in imminent peril; or, (2) Cause protracted disfigurement; or, (3) Cause protracted impairment of health; or, (4) Cause protracted loss or impairment of the function of a limb or bodily organ. (B) "Major v...

...(A) "Minor violations" include actions that violate division 901:12 of the Administrative Code that occur due to neglect or unintentional acts of substandard practices which do not: (1) Place the animal's life in imminent peril; (2) Cause protracted disfigurement; (3) Cause protracted impairment of health; or (4) Cause protracted loss or impairment of the function of a limb or bodily o...

...(A) Livestock housing, handling facilities and equipment must be designed and maintained so as to minimize bruising and injury. (B) When using handling, sorting or other devices to move livestock or for diagnostic evaluation, the devices must be used humanely. (C) When restraint of livestock is required, it must be minimal in degree and duration, and it must minimize the potential for injury. (D) Only hand held ba...

...(A) Livestock housing, handling facilities, and equipment must be designed and maintained so as to minimize bruising and injury. (B) When using handling, sorting, or other devices to move livestock or for diagnostic evaluation, the devices must be used humanely. (C) When restraint of livestock is required, it must be minimal in degree and duration and minimize the potential for injury. (D) ...

...Euthanasia of livestock must be performed under the conditions and using the approved methods pursuant to Chapter 901:12-1 of the Administrative Code.

...(A) Ambulatory disabled livestock must be: (1) Monitored for needed treatment; (2) Transported for treatment or sale; (3) Transported directly to an inspected slaughter plant or a state custom exempt slaughter plant; (4) Slaughtered on the farm pursuant to division 901:2 of the Administrative Code, using an acceptable method of euthanasia pursuant to Chapter 901:12-1 of the Administrative Code; or, (5) Euthaniz...

...(A) Ambulatory disabled livestock must be: (1) Monitored for needed treatment; (2) Transported for treatment or sale; (3) Transported directly to an inspected slaughter plant or a state custom exempt slaughter plant; (4) Slaughtered on the farm pursuant to division 901:2 of the Administrative Code, using an acceptable method of euthanasia pursuant to Chapter 901:12-1 of the Administra...

...(A) Housing must provide a clean and safe environment that promotes the health, welfare and performance of veal calves at all stages of their lives. (B) Lighting must be adequate to observe all calves during inspection; and if natural light is not available, artificial light must be provided for eight hours in every twenty-four hour period of sufficient intensity that calves can observe each other. (C) Individual p...

...(A) Housing must provide a clean and safe environment that promotes the health, welfare, and performance of veal calves at all stages of their lives. (B) Lighting must be adequate to observe all calves during inspection; and if natural light is not available, artificial light must be provided for eight hours in every twenty-four hour period of sufficient intensity that calves can observe each oth...

...(A) The following livestock management procedures are acceptable and, if performed, must be performed in a humane manner: (1) For horn removal, disbudding prior to eruption is permissible without pain management; for dehorning after eruption, pain management must be used; (2) The responsible party in determining the method of castration and use of pain management must take into consideration the...

...(A) The following livestock management procedures are acceptable and, if performed, must be performed in a humane manner: (1) For all horn removal and disbudding pain management must be used; (2) The responsible party in determining the method of castration and use of pain management must take into consideration the animal's age and weight, environmental conditions, and facilities available as w...

...(A) The responsible party must catch, lift and move poultry humanely. (B) Except for paragraph (C) of rule 901:12-3-05 of the Administrative Code, birds can be caught or carried by one or both legs, and are not to be caught, carried or lifted by the head, neck or tail. (C) The following livestock management procedures are acceptable to minimize injury to the birds and, if performed, must be performed in a humane ma...