Indiana Code 15-18-2-15. Unfair samples; fraudulent manipulation of weights or samples; method of weighing and sampling
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Sec. 15. (a) A hauler of milk or cream or other person or dairy processing plant or other milk plant or agent receiving milk or cream by weight or test or by weight and test may not fraudulently manipulate the weights of milk or cream of any person to take unfair samples or fraudulently manipulate the samples.
(1) weigh or measure the milk of each person accurately and correctly; and
(b) When milk is received from farm bulk tanks, the hauler shall:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 15-18-2-15
- person: includes an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, and an association. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-5
- receiving station: means any place other than a dairy processing plant where milk or cream is received, weighed, sampled, or tested for shipment to any other processing plant. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-6
(2) thoroughly mix the milk of each person by stirring until the milk is uniform and homogeneous in richness before the sample is taken from the milk.
When the weighing or sampling of the milk or cream of each person is done at the dairy processing plant, receiving station, other factory, or other location, the same procedures for buying and paying for milk or cream on the basis of the butterfat and protein apply.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-6-1-4.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.9.