(2) The standards of quality established for fluid milk shall be based upon:
(a) The health of the cows, sheep and goats;
(b) The physical facilities of dairy farms and milk processing plants;
(c) The standard of sanitary maintenance of dairy farms and milk processing plants including equipment used therein, the cleanliness of operating personnel and the cleanliness of adjacent land areas;
(d) The physical facilities for the transportation of fluid milk and the methods and standards of sanitary maintenance of those facilities;
(e) The quality and nutritional value of fluid milk as a human food as determined by examination; and
(f) Any other factor found by the department, upon hearing, to affect the quality, odor, flavor or wholesomeness of fluid milk.
(3) The department, by rule, may establish definitions and standards of identity for all types of fluid milk. To the extent that the department considers practicable and applicable in this state, the definitions and standards of identity established by rule of the department shall conform to the definitions and standards of identity made under 21 C.F.R. part 131. The department may change the definitions and standards of identity from time to time as the department considers desirable to conform with alterations or amendments to the federal definitions and standards of identity. [Amended by 1971 c.769 §1; 1981 c.523 §3; 1999 c.197 §8]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 621 - Milk; Dairy Products; Substitutes
Section 621.003 - Definitions.
Section 621.010 - Restraining violations.
Section 621.012 - Exception for small-scale on-farm sales.
Section 621.018 - Entry and use of fluid milk produced outside state; reciprocal agreements.
Section 621.060 - Establishing standards of quality and identity for fluid milk; rules.
Section 621.073 - Suspension of grade use privilege.
Section 621.078 - Additional users of milk processing plant; fees; rules.
Section 621.088 - Sale or possession of milk or cream to which water has been added.
Section 621.096 - Regulations regarding weighing, sampling and testing.
Section 621.166 - Application for dairy products plant license; rules; fee; mobile milk tanker fees.
Section 621.169 - Additional users of dairy products plant; fees; rules.
Section 621.171 - Issuance of license; renewal; suspension; revocation.
Section 621.176 - Standards of construction for plants and facilities.
Section 621.181 - Standards of sanitation for operation of plants and facilities.
Section 621.193 - Standards for farm bulk storage facilities.
Section 621.203 - Condemnation of unfit container and its contents.
Section 621.226 - Condemnation of unlawful milk, cream, dairy product or fluid milk.
Section 621.266 - Pasteurizer operator license; rules; fee.
Section 621.297 - Certification of milk and dairy product testing laboratories; fee.
Section 621.320 - Labeling requirements for frozen desserts; exemption.
Section 621.335 - Licenses to make and sell frozen desserts at wholesale; fees; expiration; rules.
Section 621.405 - Definitions and standards for condensed or evaporated milk.
Section 621.445 - Restrictions on serving colored butter substitute in public eating place.
Section 621.740 - Liability for payment of fees.
Section 621.750 - Sampling and testing; payment adjustments; rules.
Section 621.995 - Civil penalties; rules; hearing; disposition of moneys.