(a) In at least four out of every six months, the dairy plant that procures milk from the producer must report to the commissioner at least one representative test result for bacteria, somatic cell count, temperature, and antibiotic residues. The result shall be reported within seven days after the laboratory obtains the test results.

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 32D.15

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Minnesota Statutes 32D.01
  • Dairy plant: means any place where a dairy product is manufactured, processed, or handled and includes milk-receiving stations, creameries, cheese factories, condenseries, milk plants, transfer stations, and marketing organizations that purchase milk and cream directly from producers for resale and other establishments, as those terms are used in this chapter and chapters 17, 27, and 31; but does not include any place where dairy products are not processed but sold at wholesale or retail only. See Minnesota Statutes 32D.01
  • Milk: means the normal lacteal secretion, practically free of colostrum, obtained by the milking of one or more healthy hoofed mammals. See Minnesota Statutes 32D.01

(b) A laboratory that performs the tests required under this section for a dairy plant may report the test results for the dairy plant.

(c) A dairy plant or laboratory shall report test results under this section in an electronic form approved by the department or using an approved alternative.