§ 65-771 Milk, milk products and dairy products; definitions
§ 65-771a Milk standards; content requirements
§ 65-772 Secretary to adopt rules and regulations
§ 65-773 Inspection and testing of milk products
§ 65-774 Powers of secretary
§ 65-775 Adoption of rules and regulations
§ 65-776 Political subdivisions of state prohibited from performing further inspection or assessment of fees
§ 65-777 Secretary may perform tests and assess fees therefor
§ 65-778 License requirement for certain persons engaged in milk, cream or dairy business; fees
§ 65-779 Permit to sell grade A pasteurized milk or milk products
§ 65-780 Loss of license; conditions therefor
§ 65-780a Temporary suspension of license; reinstatement
§ 65-781 Fees for inspection and regulatory services; payment of fees, when due; delinquent fees; change in fees by secretary, limitations
§ 65-782 Fees deposited in state treasury; dairy fee fund established
§ 65-783 Cleanliness of dairy equipment; use of approved water source
§ 65-784 On-farm production of butter and sales thereof not subject to act
§ 65-785 Secretary may issue stop sale or stop use order
§ 65-786 Issuance of emergency cease and desist orders by secretary; notice and hearing; declaration of imminent health hazard
§ 65-787 Court may issue temporary restraining order
§ 65-788 Issuance of civil penalties for violations of act; written orders; notice and hearing; appeals; remittance of penalties
§ 65-789 Unlawful acts
§ 65-790 Penalties for violation of act
§ 65-791 Severability of act
§ 65-792 On-farm retail sale of milk; label and advertising requirements; penalties for violations

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 65 > Article 7 - Milk and Dairy Products

  • Adulterated: means the same as provided in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bulk milk pick up tanker: means a vehicle, including the truck, tank and those appurtenances necessary for such vehicle's use, used by a bulk milk hauler or sampler to transport bulk raw milk for pasteurization from a dairy farm to a milk plant, receiving station or transfer station. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dairy manufacturing plants: means any place where dairy products, grade A milk or milk products are manufactured or prepared for sale or distribution, either at wholesale or retail. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Dairy products: includes butter, cheese, dry whole milk, nonfat dry milk, dry buttermilk, dry whey, evaporated milk, whole or skim, condensed whole milk, condensed skim milk, sweetened or plain, frozen dairy dessert, and frozen dairy dessert mixes and such other products as may be otherwise designated by rules and regulations. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Frozen dairy dessert: means products containing milk or cream and other ingredients that are frozen or semi-frozen prior to consumption, such as ice cream, ice milk or sherbet, including frozen dairy desserts for special dietary purposes. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Frozen dairy dessert mix: means the pasteurized unfrozen combination of all ingredients with or without fruits, fruit juices, candy, nut meats, flavor or harmless color that makes a frozen dairy dessert. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Grade A pasteurized milk: means pasteurized milk that has at least a 90% survey rating, as determined by a survey of the source conducted by the secretary pursuant to the survey rating methods for conducting surveys of the status of milk sanitation. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Imminent health hazard: means any condition that involves milk, milk products or dairy products, or any practice or procedure in the handling, transportation, storage, processing or manufacturing of milk, milk product or dairy product that poses a significant threat of danger to the public health that should be corrected immediately to prevent injury or sickness and that should not be permitted to continue while a hearing or other proceeding is being conducted. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Milk: means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy hooved mammals. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk distributor: means any person who first sells or offers for sale in Kansas any packaged grade A pasteurized milk, milk product, or dairy product. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk hauler or sampler: means any person who collects official samples and may transport raw milk from a farm or raw milk products to or from a milk plant or both, receiving station or transfer station and has in their possession a permit from any state to sample such products. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk inspection and regulatory services: means the inspection, sampling, laboratory testing and the administrative procedures relating thereto, necessary to determine that the production, processing, distribution and sale of grade A milk, milk products, and dairy products comply with the requirements of this act and any rules and regulations adopted hereunder. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk or cream for manufacturing purposes: means raw milk or raw cream that is not subject to grade A standards and produced for processing and manufacturing into dairy products for human consumption. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk or cream receiving station: means any place where milk or cream may be received, collected, handled, processed, stored or collected and prepared for further transporting. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk or cream transfer station: means any place where milk or cream are transferred directly from one milk tank truck to another. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk plant: means any place, premises or establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, ultrapasteurized, aseptically processed, condensed, dried, packaged or prepared for distribution. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk processor: means any person who operates any place, premises or establishment where grade A raw milk for pasteurization or milk or cream for manufacturing purposes is processed, pasteurized, bottled or prepared for distribution. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk products: includes those dairy foods made by modifying the federally standardized products listed in this section in accordance with 21 C. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk tank truck: means the term used to describe both a bulk milk pick up tanker and a milk transport tank. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk tank truck cleaning facility: means any place, premises or establishment, other than a milk plant, receiving station or transfer station, where a milk tank truck is cleaned and sanitized. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk transport tank: means a vehicle including the truck and tank, used by a bulk milk hauler or sampler to transport bulk shipments of milk and milk products from a milk plant, receiving station or transfer station to another milk plant, receiving station or transfer station. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Milk transportation company: means the person, business or entity responsible for a milk tank truck. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Misbranded: means the same as provided in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • On-farm retail sales of milk or milk products: means the sale of unpasteurized raw milk or unpasteurized raw milk products on the farm by the producer from the production of the dairy herd to the final consumer. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Pasteurized: means the same as provided in 21 C. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Person: means any individual, plant operator, partnership, corporation, company, firm, trustee, association or institution. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Kansas department of agriculture, or the secretary's designee. See Kansas Statutes 65-771
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.