Terms Used In Michigan Laws 288.503

  • Dairy farm: means any place or premises where 1 or more dairy animals are kept for milking purposes, and from which a part or all of the milk is provided, sold, or offered for sale. See Michigan Laws 288.473
  • dairy plant: means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, aseptically processed, packaged, or prepared for distribution. See Michigan Laws 288.474
  • Department: means the Michigan department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 288.473
  • Director: means the director of the Michigan department of agriculture or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 288.473
  • Distributor: means a person other than a producer or processor who offers for sale, holds for sale, or sells at wholesale milk or milk products. See Michigan Laws 288.473
  • Milk: means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of 1 or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other dairy animals. See Michigan Laws 288.474
  • Milk buyer: means any producer, milk producer marketing organization, milk plant, receiving station, transfer station, or bulk milk hauler that either takes delivery of raw milk or raw milk product or manages the sale of the raw milk or raw milk product, or both. See Michigan Laws 288.474
  • Milk tank truck: means both a bulk milk pickup tanker and a milk transport tank. See Michigan Laws 288.475
  • Milk tank truck cleaning facility: means any place, premises, or establishment, separate from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station where a milk tank truck is cleaned and sanitized. See Michigan Laws 288.475
  • Milk transportation company: means the company that is the person responsible for a milk tank truck. See Michigan Laws 288.475
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, company, limited liability company, cooperative, association, firm, trustee, educational institution, state or local government unit, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 288.476
  • Producer: means a person that owns or operates a dairy farm and sells or distributes milk produced on that farm including a person that markets milk on behalf of a producer under a marketing agreement. See Michigan Laws 288.476
  • Receiving station: means a place, premises, or establishment where raw milk is received, collected, handled, stored, or cooled and is prepared for further transporting. See Michigan Laws 288.476
  • Single service containers and closures: means single use containers or parts of single use containers that become milk product contact surfaces when used for the storage, shipping, or marketing of milk or milk products. See Michigan Laws 288.476
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Transfer station: means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are transferred directly from 1 milk tank truck to another. See Michigan Laws 288.477
  (1) Each receiving station or transfer station must be licensed or permitted either as part of a milk plant or as a stand-alone facility. Each stand-alone facility will be licensed or permitted at a rate of $250.00 per year. License renewal shall take place on June 30 every year.
  (2) Each milk tank truck cleaning facility that cleans milk contact surfaces of milk tank trucks used to haul milk or milk products regulated under this act must be licensed or permitted under this act either as part of a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station or a stand-alone milk tank truck cleaning facility. A licensing or permitting fee shall not be charged under this act for a milk tank truck cleaning facility that is a part of a dairy plant, receiving station, or transfer station licensed or permitted under the manufacturing milk law of 2001. Each stand-alone facility will be licensed or permitted at a rate of $250.00 per year. License renewal shall take place on June 30 every year.
  (3) Each milk transportation company must be licensed or permitted under this act at a rate of $50.00 per year. License renewal shall take place on June 30 every year.
  (4) Each milk tank truck must be licensed or permitted under this act at a rate of $20.00 per year. License renewal shall take place on June 30 every year.
  (5) Each distributor who is primarily engaged in the distribution of finished grade A milk products must be licensed or permitted under this act either as part of a milk plant or as a stand-alone distributor. Each stand-alone distribution facility is licensed at a rate of $100.00 per year. License renewal shall take place on June 30 every year.
  (6) Each single service containers and closures manufacturer must be licensed or permitted under this act either as part of a milk plant or as a stand-alone manufacturer. Each stand-alone facility will be licensed at a rate of $250.00 per year. License renewal shall take place on June 30 every year.
  (7) A person shall not pick up grade A milk in a farm pickup milk tank from a farm bulk milk tank without a hauler/sampler license issued by the department under this section. Each applicant for a license shall be examined by the director under the provisions of this act to determine his or her qualifications to evaluate milk in a farm bulk milk tank, to accurately measure milk in a farm bulk milk tank, to obtain representative samples of milk from a farm bulk milk tank, to properly handle and deliver the samples, and to pick up milk. The license fee is $50.00 for 2 years. An initial license fee may be prorated in 1-year increments at $25.00 per increment. A hauler/sampler licensed or permitted in another state shall apply for a license from the department without examination after submitting satisfactory proof of training and current licensing in another state to the department with the license fee and application, unless this requirement is waived by the director based on reciprocal agreements with individual states. The director may deny license renewal to any bulk milk hauler/sampler if the bulk milk hauler/sampler has not had a satisfactory evaluation of their hauler/sampler methods in the previous 2 years. License renewal shall take place on June 30 every 2 years.
  (8) An applicant for an initial grade A dairy farm permit shall apply to the department on a form supplied by the department and pay the annual fee as prescribed by this section.
  (9) Each dairy farm producing grade A milk to be offered for sale shall be licensed or permitted annually at either of the following rates:
  (a) If the dairy farm does not maintain adequate industry personnel, as determined by the director, who are approved to conduct certified industry farm inspections, $70.00.
  (b) If the dairy farm maintains adequate industry personnel, as determined by the director, who are approved to conduct certified industry farm inspections, $25.00.
  (10) The fee described in subsection (9) shall be paid to the department by June 30 every year.
  (11) A milk buyer shall pay the annual license or permit fee on behalf of dairy farms and may submit an invoice to the dairy farms for reimbursement of the fee or may deduct the fee from the dairy farms’ milk check. A milk buyer shall complete a form provided by the department that indicates the number of producers for which it is responsible and shall include a list of the producer names, addresses, and department permit numbers. The department may conduct audits to verify fee payments.
  (12) The department may assess a plan review fee of $100.00 to a potential dairy licensee or permittee, to be paid prior to an on-site consultation. The plan review fee is not refundable and does not apply toward any future license fees.
  (13) The department may assess a $300.00 fee on any licensee or permittee requiring the performance of 2 or more consecutive reinspections for compliance of items found in violation of this act.

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