Michigan Laws 288.511 – Security device as condition to issuance and maintenance of license; exemption
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 288.511
- Department: means the Michigan department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 288.473
- First receiving point: means the milk plant where the milk is first received for processing and manufacturing. 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
- 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.
- Registered name: means either a name that is registered as "doing business as" at the county clerk's office in the county in which the producer or processor resides or that is registered with this state as a legal entity registered to do business within this state under an assumed name. See Michigan Laws 288.476
(1) The department shall revoke or deny a license for a milk plant if the licensee or applicant fails to provide 1 of the security devices required as a condition to issuance and maintenance of a license. As a condition to issuance and maintenance of a license, a milk plant that is a first receiving point for milk shall provide 1 or more of the security devices described in section 42, 43, or 44.
(2) Milk plants that receive milk only from dairy farms under the same sole proprietorship, the same registered partnership, or the same corporate ownership having the same registered name as the milk plant are exempt from the requirements of this section.