A.  Time composites: The composite sample shall be tested within two days after the close of the sampling period and as otherwise defined by rule and regulation.

B.  Fresh milk sample: The fresh milk sample shall be utilized for composite building and/or tested within forty-eight hours from the time it is secured and as otherwise defined by rule and regulation.

C.  Notification: The purchaser and/or the cooperative shall notify each producer of this butterfat pay test not later than the 15th day of the month following that during which the tests were conducted.  For semimonthly testing periods the information shall include the average pay test and volume of milk for the 1st through the 15th; the average pay test and volume of milk for the 16th through the end of the month; a weighted average test and total volume of milk for the month.  In the absence of composite samples, the information may be submitted by monthly periods.

Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.