(a) Every person receiving or buying milk or cream on the basis of its chemical or physical constituents shall be, or have in his or her employ, a licensed milk tester to make the official analysis, and no other person shall be allowed to make the tests in any creamery, cheese factory, milk depot, milk plant, ice cream factory, milk condensery, or similar plant where milk or cream is bought or received on a basis of its chemical or physical constituents.
(b) Application to become a licensed milk tester shall be made to the Secretary of the Department of Health upon such forms as the secretary may prescribe.
(c) All licenses shall expire on the next succeeding April 1, and the fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00). The required fee shall accompany the application.
(d) If the applicant shall be found upon examination to be qualified and competent, the secretary shall issue to him or her a license.
(e) Licensed testers are also qualified and permitted to act as samplers.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
Chapter 59 - Milk and Dairy Products
Subchapter 2 - Regulation of Manufacture and Sale Generally
§ 20-59-204. State Board of Health — Appointment of deputies — Rules and standards
§ 20-59-205. Right of review — Definition
§ 20-59-206. Dairy plant license
§ 20-59-207. Frozen dessert manufacturer's license
§ 20-59-208. Receiving or transfer plant license
§ 20-59-209. Mellorine manufacturer's license
§ 20-59-210. Sampler and grader license
§ 20-59-211. Milk tester license and fee
§ 20-59-212. Plant permits — Cancellation, withdrawal, and suspension
§ 20-59-213. Dairy products from another state
§ 20-59-214. Unlawful acts — Insanitary plants
§ 20-59-215. Unlawful acts — False tests
§ 20-59-216. Unlawful acts — Improper method of testing
§ 20-59-217. Unlawful acts — Improper scales
§ 20-59-218. Unlawful acts — Improper centrifuges
§ 20-59-219. Unlawful acts — Improper testing apparatus
§ 20-59-220. Unlawful acts — Unclean instruments
§ 20-59-221. Unlawful acts — Improper temperature for tests
§ 20-59-222. Unlawful acts — Improper reading of butterfat control
§ 20-59-223. Unlawful acts — Handling in insanitary places
§ 20-59-224. Unlawful acts — Products of diseased animals — Contaminated products
§ 20-59-225. Unlawful acts — Preservatives
§ 20-59-226. Unlawful acts — Removing label of health officer
§ 20-59-227. Unlawful acts — Unpasteurized products
§ 20-59-228. Unlawful acts — Products below standard
§ 20-59-229. Unlawful acts — Cream graded for buttermaking — Price differential
§ 20-59-230. Unlawful acts — Mold or sediment test
§ 20-59-231. Unlawful acts — Empty cans inverted
§ 20-59-232. Unlawful acts — Records of cream buyers — Monthly reports
§ 20-59-234. Unlawful acts — Operation without permit
§ 20-59-235. Unlawful acts — Labeling of cheese
§ 20-59-236. Unlawful acts — Removal of label
§ 20-59-237. Unlawful acts — Renovation of butter or cheese
§ 20-59-238. Unlawful acts — Labeling of renovated butter
§ 20-59-239. Unlawful acts — Labeling ice cream
§ 20-59-240. Unlawful acts — Labeling ice milk
§ 20-59-241. Unlawful acts — Labeling ice cream mix
§ 20-59-242. Unlawful acts — Bacteria count of frozen dessert
§ 20-59-243. Unlawful acts — Graded milk
§ 20-59-244. Unlawful acts — Pasteurized milk — Permit
§ 20-59-245. Unlawful acts — Name of distributor on container — Sale of misprint bottle caps
§ 20-59-246. Manufacturing milk permit