Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 288 - Dairy Industry

Section 288.490 - Administration of Act and Promulgation of Rules; Adoption and Incorporation by Reference of Pasteurized Milk Ordinance; "Regulatory Agency" Amended; Water for Milk Operations and Purposes. - Sec. 20. (1) The department shall administer this act and...

Section 288.491 - Imposition of Different Standards or Requirements Prohibited; Out-of-State Produced Milk or Milk Products. - Sec. 21. (1) A political subdivision of the state shall...

Section 288.492 - Inspecting, Sampling, and Investigating Conditions; Authority of Director to Enter Premises or Vehicles. - Sec. 22. The director, after proper identification, is authorized and...

Section 288.493 - Seizure; Procedures. - Sec. 23. The director may seize or hold for investigation...

Section 288.494 - Declaration of Imminent Health Hazard; Findings; Prohibited Conduct; Dairy Animals Classified as Tuberculosis Reactors. - Sec. 24. (1) Whenever the director finds in any dairy...

Section 288.495 - Repeal of MCL 288.21 to 288.29a and R 285.408.1 to R 285.408.5. - Sec. 25. (1) The fluid milk act of 1965, 1965...

Article III - (288.500...288.506)

Section 288.500 - Licensing Required; Prohibited Conduct; Compliance With Act; Temporary License or Permit; State Agencies Operating Dairy Facilities; Applicant for Initial Grade a Dairy Farm Permit; Examination of Books, Records, and Accounts; Appli... - Sec. 30. (1) A person shall not do any of...

Section 288.501 - Milk Plant License; Application; Form; Renewal; Fees; Deposit; New Construction, Remodeling, and Equipment Changes; Late Fee; Total Fees. - Sec. 31. (1) An applicant for an initial license as...

Section 288.502 - Certified Industry Farm Inspectors; License Fee; Requirements. - Sec. 32. (1) Each certified industry farm inspector shall pay...

Section 288.503 - Activities Requiring License or Permit; Fees; License Renewals; Application for Initial Grade a Dairy Farm Permit; Rates; Payment; Submission of Invoice by Milk Buyer; Assessment of Plan Review Fee; Fee for Consecutive Reinspections... - Sec. 33. (1) Each receiving station or transfer station must...

Section 288.503a - Receipt of Completed Application; Issuance of License Within Certain Time Period; "Completed Application" Defined. - Sec. 33a. (1) The department shall issue an initial or...

Section 288.504 - Temporary License or Permit. - Sec. 34. The director may issue a temporary license or...

Section 288.505 - Special License Fees or Taxes. - Sec. 35. A political subdivision of the state shall not...

Section 288.506 - Access to Markets for Grade a Milk and Milk Products; Certificate of Free Sale; Application; Fees; "Certificate of Free Sale" Defined. - Sec. 36. (1) To facilitate continued access to markets for...

Article IV - (288.510...288.518)

Section 288.510 - Purchasing Milk for Resale or Manufacture Into Another Product; Payment; Manner; Dates; Issuance of Check; Notation. - Sec. 40. (1) A person purchasing milk for resale or...

Section 288.511 - Security Device as Condition to Issuance and Maintenance of License; Exemption. - Sec. 41. (1) The department shall revoke or deny a...

Section 288.512 - Milk Plant Not Providing Security Device; Audited or Verified Financial Statement; Requirements. - Sec. 42. (1) A licensee or applicant for a license...

Section 288.513 - Other Forms of Security; Terms and Conditions; Value. - Sec. 43. (1) A licensee or applicant for a license...

Section 288.514 - Prepayment. - Sec. 44. A licensee or applicant for licensure as a...

Section 288.515 - Cancellation or Modification of Security Device; Milk Plant as First Receiving Point for Milk; Milk Sold in Interstate Commerce; Choice of Independent Audit or Voluntary Security Modification; Cost of Audit; Payment; Failure of Milk... - Sec. 45. (1) A milk plant shall not cancel or...

Section 288.516 - Change in Security Device; Circumstances; Decision by Department to Require Modification of Security Device; Notice to Producers Shipping Milk. - Sec. 46. (1) A milk plant may request a change...

Section 288.517 - Breach of Secured Obligation; Filing Verified Proof of Claim or Evidence of Default; Entry of Department Order Requiring Creditors to File Claims; Publication of Order; Audit by Department; Order Allowing or Disallowing Each Claim;... - Sec. 47. (1) A person injured by the breach of...

Section 288.518 - License Issued, Renewed, or Modified; Notice to Producers Delivering Milk; Form. - Sec. 48. The department shall notify producers delivering milk to...

Article V - (288.520...288.530)

Section 288.520 - Conduct Resulting in Revocation, Suspension, or Summary Suspension of License or Permit; Administrative Action; Notice to Each Producer; Time Period for Licensee or Permittee to Regain Compliance and Reinstatement. - Sec. 50. (1) The director may revoke or suspend the...

Section 288.521 - Immediate Discontinuation of Operation; Eligibility for Reinstatement; Order of Summary Suspension; Effect of Order During Proceedings. - Sec. 51. (1) A person whose license or permit has...

Section 288.522 - Conduct as Misdemeanor; Penalty. - Sec. 52. A person, alone or through an agent, as...

Section 288.523 - Violation of Act by Producer; Sanctions and Administrative Fines; Procedure. - Sec. 53. (1) The director shall impose upon a producer...

Section 288.524 - Restraining Order. - Sec. 54. In addition to the remedies otherwise provided in...

Section 288.530 - Packaged Milk Products; Label Requirements; Advertisements. - Sec. 60. (1) Packaged milk products shall be labeled as...

Article VI - (288.531...288.540)

Section 288.531 - Bulk Milk Hauler/sampler; Requirements for Picking Up Milk; Measurement; Pickup Record; Information; Copies; Responsibility of Driver for Official Samples. - Sec. 61. (1) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall not take...

Section 288.532 - Bulk Milk Hauler/sampler; Duties. - Sec. 62. (1) During a pickup, a bulk milk hauler/sampler...

Section 288.533 - Bulk Milk Hauler/sampler; Partial Pickups; Thermometer; Sample Transfer Instrument and Transport Case; Hose Port; Compliance With Pasteurized Milk Ordinance. - Sec. 63. (1) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall not adulterate...

Section 288.534 - Milk Transport Truck; Requirements. - Sec. 64. (1) The milk transportation company shall be responsible...

Section 288.535 - Farm Tank; Requirements. - Sec. 65. (1) A farm tank on a dairy farm...

Section 288.536 - Care and Handling of Milk Samples; Substantial Compliance. - Sec. 66. The care and handling of milk samples by...

Section 288.537 - Analysis; Responsibilities; Methods; Acceptance or Rejection. - Sec. 67. (1) Methods of analysis, including butterfat analysis, shall...

Section 288.538 - Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Offered for Sale; Requirements. - Sec. 68. (1) Only pasteurized milk and milk products shall...

Section 288.539 - Sell-by Date; Requirements. - Sec. 69. (1) Each processor and manufacturer of milk and...

Section 288.540 - Effective Date. - Sec. 70. This act takes effect 30 days after enactment....

Act 267 of 2001 - Manufacturing Milk Law of 2001 (288.561 - 288.740)

Section 288.561 - Short Title. - Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be...

Article I - (288.570...288.577)

Section 288.570 - Definitions; A. - Sec. 10. As used in this act: (a) "Adulterated" means...

Section 288.571 - Definitions; B, C. - Sec. 11. As used in this act: (a) "Bulk milk...

Section 288.572 - Definitions; D. - Sec. 12. As used in this act: (a) "Dairy animal"...

Section 288.573 - Definitions; F to L. - Sec. 13. As used in this act: (a) "Farm tank"...

Section 288.574 - Definitions; M. - Sec. 14. As used in this act: (a) "Milk" means...

Section 288.575 - Definitions; M. - Sec. 15. As used in this act: (a) "Misbranded" means...

Section 288.576 - Definitions; O to R. - Sec. 16. As used in this act: (a) "Offering for...

Section 288.577 - Definitions; S to W. - Sec. 17. As used in this act: (a) "Sample transfer...

Article 3 - (288.590...288.592)

Section 288.590 - Other Standards or Requirements; Inspection Reports; Out-of-State Milk Products. - Sec. 30. (1) A political subdivision of the state shall...

Section 288.591 - Repeal of Acts; Rescission of Rules. - Sec. 31. (1) The following acts and parts of acts...

Section 288.592 - Effective Date. - Sec. 32. This act takes effect 30 days after the...

Article 5 - (288.610...288.611)

Section 288.610 - Administration of Act; Rules; Incorporation by Reference. - Sec. 50. (1) The department shall administer this act and...

Section 288.611 - Investigations; Inspections. - Sec. 51. The director shall foster and encourage the dairy...

Article 7 - (288.630...288.631)

Section 288.630 - Prohibited Acts; Standards; Compliance. - Sec. 70. (1) A person shall not directly, through an...

Section 288.631 - Testing Frequency for Dairy Products; Testing Dairy Farm Water Supplies. - Sec. 71. (1) All dairy products shall be tested at...

Article 9 - (288.650...288.652)

Section 288.650 - Inspecting, Sampling, and Investigating Conditions; Authority of Director and Department. - Sec. 90. (1) The director, after proper identification, is authorized...

Section 288.651 - Seizure of Milk, Dairy Products, or Equipment; Findings; Condemnation or Destruction; Removal of Tag or Transfer to Another Container Prohibited. - Sec. 91. (1) The director may seize or hold for...

Section 288.652 - Access to Markets for Milk and Dairy Products; Certificate of Free Sale; Application; Fees; "Certificate of Free Sale" Defined. - Sec. 92. (1) To facilitate continued access to markets for...

Article 11 - (288.670...288.686)

Section 288.670 - License or Permit. - Sec. 110. (1) A person shall not do any of...

Section 288.670a - Receipt of Completed Application for Initial or Renewal License; Issuance of License Within Certain Time Period; "Completed Application" Defined. - Sec. 110a. (1) The department shall issue an initial or...

Section 288.670b - "Pasteurized Milk Ordinance" Defined; License to Conduct Certified Industry Manufacturing Farm Inspections; License Fee; Inspections; Authorization by Director. - Sec. 110b. (1) As used in this section, "pasteurized milk...

Section 288.671 - Milk Products Manufactured at Retail Food Establishments; Exemption. - Sec. 111. Milk products manufactured at retail food establishments licensed...

Section 288.672 - Unlicensed Dairy Plant or Previously Denied License Dairy Plant; Application for License; Investigation of Sanitary Conditions. - Sec. 112. Upon receipt of an application for licensure by...

Section 288.673 - Noncompliance With Act or Rule; Revocation or Suspension of License or Permit; Administrative Fine; Notice; Findings; Operation of Business or Activity; Reinstatement. - Sec. 113. (1) The director may revoke or suspend the...

Section 288.674 - Summary Suspension of License or Permit; Findings; Compliance and Reinstatement; Order. - Sec. 114. (1) The director may summarily suspend a license...

Section 288.675 - Purchasing Milk for Resale or Manufacture Into Another Product; Payment to Producer; Manner and Dates; Violation; Issuance of Check. - Sec. 115. (1) A person purchasing milk for resale or...

Section 288.676 - Condition to Issuance and Maintenance of License; Security Required; Exemption. - Sec. 116. The department shall revoke or deny a license...

Section 288.677 - Audited Financial Statement. - Sec. 117. (1) A licensee or applicant for a license...

Section 288.678 - Other Forms of Security; Request for Information From Financial and Insurance Services of Department of Consumer and Industry Services. - Sec. 118. (1) A licensee or applicant for a license...

Section 288.679 - Cash Prepayments. - Sec. 119. A licensee or applicant for licensure as a...

Section 288.680 - Cancellation or Modification of Security by Dairy Plant; Notice Required; Manner; Increase in Amount Due and Accrued; Applicability to Dairy Products in Interstate Commerce; Disclosure of Financial and Product Information; Audited F... - Sec. 120. (1) A dairy plant that produces manufactured dairy...

Section 288.681 - Change in Security Device; Circumstances Requiring Dairy Plant to Provide Change or Increase; Notice Sent by Department to Dairy Plant; Notice to Producers. - Sec. 121. (1) A dairy plant that produces manufactured dairy...

Section 288.682 - Breach of Obligation; Proof of Claim or Evidence of Default; Order Requiring Filing of Claims by Creditors; Publication of Notice; Notice of Allowance or Disallowance; Action by Attorney General; Distribution; Other Liens, Security,... - Sec. 122. (1) A person injured by the breach of...

Section 288.683 - Notice to Producers of Type of Security Device Used; Form; Qualifications for Dairy Plant License. - Sec. 123. The department shall notify producers delivering dairy products...

Section 288.684 - Conduct as Misdemeanor; Penalty. - Sec. 124. A person, alone or through an agent, as...

Section 288.685 - Selling Milk Found Positive for Violative Drug Residues; Sanctions and Administrative Fines. - Sec. 125. (1) The director shall impose upon a producer...

Section 288.686 - Restraining Order. - Sec. 126. In addition to the remedies otherwise provided in...

Article 13 - (288.690...288.703)

Section 288.690 - Milk for Human Consumption; Compliance With Requirements for Eradication of Tuberculosis and Brucellosis; Prohibited Sale; Disposal; Milking Barn or Milking Parlor; Yard and Loafing Area; Duties of Person Obtaining Milk From Dairy A... - Sec. 130. (1) A person who offers milk to the...

Section 288.691 - Transporting Milk; Vehicles; Duties of Licensed Bulk Milk Hauler/sampler; Testing of Milk by Dairy Plant, Transfer Station, or Receiving Station. - Sec. 131. (1) The department shall issue a license or...

Section 288.692 - Load Samples; Testing for Violative Drug Residue; Disposal of Milk Testing Positive; Identification of Producer of Milk Testing Positive; Copies of Test Results; Processing or Availability of Raw Milk; Milk Exceeding Certain Limits;... - Sec. 132. (1) All milk shipped for processing or intended...

Section 288.693 - Examination of Test Results and Inspection of Dairy Farms; Frequency. - Sec. 133. The department may examine test results and inspect...

Section 288.694 - Failure of Producer to Meet Minimum Quality Standards. - Sec. 134. (1) A producer who fails to meet minimum...

Section 288.695 - Incoming Raw Milk and Manufactured Dairy Products; Samples. - Sec. 135. Incoming raw milk and manufactured dairy products shall...

Section 288.696 - Pasteurized Milk and Dairy Products; Sale; Processing as Low-Acid Foods. - Sec. 136. (1) Only pasteurized milk and dairy products shall...

Section 288.697 - “Pasteurization” and “Pasteurized”; Temperature and Time Relationships. - Sec. 137. The terms "pasteurization", "pasteurized", and similar terms mean...

Section 288.698 - Manufacture of Cheese; Use of Unpasteurized Milk. - Sec. 138. Unpasteurized milk may be used in the manufacture...

Section 288.699 - Milk and Dairy Products; Pasteurization Required; Cooling; Equipment; Temperature; Ingredients Added Before or After Pasteurization; Repasteurized Condensed Milk; Design and Operation of Pasteurization Equipment. - Sec. 139. (1) Except as provided in section 138, all...

Section 288.700 - Manufacturing Milk Into Dairy Product; Duties of Plant Owner or Operator. - Sec. 140. A person who owns or operates a plant...

Section 288.701 - Manufacturing Milk Into Dairy Product; Additional Duties of Plant Owner or Operator. - Sec. 141. A person who owns or operates a plant...

Section 288.702 - Dairy Plant Employee; Requirements. - Sec. 142. A person employed by a dairy plant shall...

Section 288.703 - Owner or Operator of Dairy Plant; Duties; Package Labels; Advertising. - Sec. 143. (1) A person who owns or operates a...

Article 15 - (288.710...288.719)

Section 288.710 - Manufacturing Dry Milk Products; Duties of Plant Owner or Operator. - Sec. 150. A person who owns or operates a plant...

Section 288.711 - Condensed Products; Temperature; Use of Surge, Balance, or Storage Tank. - Sec. 151. (1) A person may transport to a drying...

Section 288.712 - Dry Products. - Sec. 152. (1) A person shall operate a dryer at...

Section 288.713 - Dry Milk Product Repackaging Operator; Duties. - Sec. 153. (1) A person conducting a dry milk product...

Section 288.714 - Dryers, Conveyors, Sifters, and Storage Bins; Cleaning. - Sec. 154. Dryers, conveyors, sifters, and storage bins shall be...

Section 288.715 - Manufacturing, Processing, and Packaging Butter; Duties of Plant Owner or Operator. - Sec. 155. A person who owns or operates a plant...

Section 288.716 - Sale of Butter; Requirements. - Sec. 156. A person shall not sell, offer for sale...

Section 288.717 - Butter; Grading Standards. - Sec. 157. (1) Only a grader approved by the department...

Section 288.718 - Butter; Chlorinating Facilities; Contamination Prevention; Containers or Packaging Materials. - Sec. 158. (1) The department may require a plant to...

Section 288.719 - Parchment Liners, Wrappers, and Other Packaging Material; Protection Against Contamination. - Sec. 159. A person who owns or operates a plant...

Article 17 - (288.730...288.740)

Section 288.730 - Cheese; Duties of Manufacturer or Processor. - Sec. 170. A person that manufactures or processes cheese shall...

Section 288.731 - Manufacturing or Processing Cheese; Pasteurization Temperature and Time Standards; Equipment. - Sec. 171. (1) A person that manufactures or processes cheese...

Section 288.732 - Cheese; Additional Duties of Manufacturer or Processor. - Sec. 172. In addition to the requirements imposed under section...

Section 288.733 - Supplying Processed Cheese to Filler or Slice Former; Requirements. - Sec. 173. Hot fluid cheese from cookers may be held...

Section 288.734 - Evaporated, Condensed, or Sterilized Dairy Products; Systems and Equipment Requirements. - Sec. 174. (1) A person that manufactures, processes, or packages...

Section 288.735 - Frozen Dessert; Pasteurization. - Sec. 175. (1) A person who manufactures frozen desserts shall...

Section 288.736 - Equipment; Compliance With Sanitary Standards. - Sec. 176. A person shall ensure that all new equipment...

Section 288.737 - Frozen Desserts; Temperature of Dairy Products Received in Fluid Form; Rerun Standards; Packaging; Labeling. - Sec. 177. (1) A person shall ensure that milk, cream,...

Section 288.738 - Nonconforming New Frozen Dessert or Mix; Submission of Label for Review and Approval. - Sec. 178. New frozen desserts not conforming to existing standards...

Section 288.739 - Vehicle to Transport Mix, Frozen Desserts, and Ingredients; Construction and Operation; Cleaning. - Sec. 179. A person shall ensure that a vehicle including...

Section 288.740 - Mobile Frozen Dessert Plant; Requirements. - Sec. 180. A person that owns or operates a mobile...

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Michigan Compiled Laws Chapter 288 - Dairy Industry

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Chapter 288 - Dairy Industry