Terms Used In Michigan Laws 288.695

  • Department: means the Michigan department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 288.572
  • 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 288.574
  • Scheduled process: means the aseptic process selected by the processor as adequate under the conditions of manufacture for a given product to be free of viable microorganisms having a public health significance as well as microorganisms of nonhealth significance capable of reproducing in the food under normal nonrefrigerated conditions. See Michigan Laws 288.577
   Incoming raw milk and manufactured dairy products shall not exceed the standards set forth in section 70. Plants receiving commingled raw milk, heat treated, or pasteurized milk will be sampled a minimum of 4 out of every 6 months. If 2 of the last 4 samples exceed the standard given, a warning notice shall be issued and the plant shall remain on warning notice as long as any 2 of the last 4 consecutive samples exceed the limits. Another sample will be collected after 3 days but within 21 days. If any sample so collected exceeds the limit of that parameter while the plant is on warning notice, the plant permit will be suspended for the violative product until the problem is corrected, after being provided notice and an opportunity for an administrative hearing. Four samples shall then be taken at the rate of not more than 2 per week on separate days within a 3-week period, and the department shall reinstate the permit for that product upon compliance with the appropriate standard. Sterilized or aseptically processed milk and dairy products shall comply with processing and biological standards established by the scheduled process under 21 C.F.R. part 113.