As used in KRS § 260.775 to KRS § 260.845, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Board” means the Kentucky Milk Handlers Advisory Board;
(2) “Buy” means the receiving of milk from producers or their agents and paying for the milk on the basis of volume and test, or weight and test;
(3) “Director” means the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, College of
Agriculture, University of Kentucky, or his or her designee;
(4) “Handler” means any person who receives, bargains, brokers, or issues payment for or purchases milk from Kentucky permitted producers or the permitted producers’ agents;
(5) “Laboratory” means the location or work area where milk analysis or testing takes place;
(6) “Laboratory license” means the license issued to a milk laboratory; (7) “License to handle” means the license issued to a handler of milk;
(8) “License to sample and weigh” means the license issued to a milk sampler-weigher; (9) “License to test” means the license issued to a milk tester;
(10) “Location” means each separate business place where permitted producers’ milk or milk samples are received, stored, or processed, or where records pertaining to permitted producers’ milk tests or payments are kept;
(11) “Milk” means the lacteal secretion and all of its components, obtained by the milking of animals;
(12) “Milk importer” means any person who delivers milk from producers outside the
Commonwealth of Kentucky to processors in this state;
(13) “Milk processor” means any location where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, bottled, or prepared for distribution by a milk handler;
(14) “Milk receiving station” means any location where producers’ raw farm milk is collected, handled, or stored by a milk handler;
(15) “Permitted producer” means any producer issued a permit by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to offer milk for sale;
(16) “Person” shall mean any individual, bargaining agent, broker, processor, milk plant operator, partnership, cooperation, concern, corporation, organization, company, firm, trustee, association, or agent thereof;
(17) “Producer” means any person keeping animals for the production of milk;
(18) “Record” means any information relating to milk weights, tests, transfers, purchases, receipts, and sales;
(19) “Sampler-weigher” means any person who samples, weighs, or measures milk from producers and submits these samples, weights, or measurements for use in determining the price paid for milk;
(20) “Test” means to analyze a milk sample to determine the amount of a milk component or to determine milk quality;
(21) “Tester” means any person who tests milk from permitted producers to determine its components or quality, or submits these tests for use in determining the price paid for milk;
(22) “Transfer station” means any location where farm bulk milk is transferred directly from one (1) tank to another and producers’ milk samples are collected, handled, stored, and transported to a laboratory for analysis; and
(23) “Transfer station license” means the license issued to operate a transfer station.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 575, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2001. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 276, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 217, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. — Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 1, effective June 16,
1960.