Regulations last checked for updates: May 20, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 16, 2024
§ 58.138 - Quality testing of milk from new producers.

A quality examination and tests shall be made on the first shipment of milk from a producer shipping milk to a plant for the first time or resuming shipment to a plant after a period of non-shipment. The milk shall meet the requirements for acceptable milk, somatic cell count and drug residue level (§§ 58.133, 58.134 and 58.135). The buyer shall also confirm that the producer's milk is currently not excluded from the market (§ 58.137). Thereafter, the milk shall be tested in accordance with the provisions in §§ 58.133, 58.134 and 58.135.

[58 FR 26913, May 6, 1993]
authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.
source: 23 FR 9410, Dec. 5, 1958, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981.
cite as: 7 CFR 58.138