(a) Every dairy which produces milk or cream to be used for manufacturing purposes shall be required to procure from the Secretary of the Department of Health a manufacturing milk permit.
(b) Any dairy may obtain a manufacturing milk permit by paying an annual permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the Department of Health and by meeting the minimum requirements of the Rules Pertaining to Milk for Manufacturing Purposes.
(c) Permit fees shall be due by June 30 of each year. Grade “A” dairies with suspended permits and selling milk for manufacturing purposes will be given a ninety-day exemption from the requirement of obtaining a manufacturing milk permit if they meet the requirements of a manufactured milk producer.
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