(A) With respect to cooling and storage of manufacture milk, a manufacture milk producer shall do one of the following:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 917.23

  • agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
  • Manufacture milk: means milk produced by a person holding a valid producer license of the manufacture milk category issued pursuant to section 917. See Ohio Code 917.01
  • Manufacture milk producer: means a person located in this state who sells or offers for sale manufacture milk obtained from a cow, goat, sheep, or other animal that the person owns or controls. See Ohio Code 917.01
  • Milk: means the lacteal secretion, substantially free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other animals and intended for either of the following purposes:

    (1) To be sold for human consumption or for use in dairy products;

    (2) To be used for human consumption or for use in dairy products on the premises of a governmental agency or institution. See Ohio Code 917.01

  • Milk plant: means a grade A milk plant or manufacture milk plant. See Ohio Code 917.01
  • milk producer: means a grade A milk producer or a manufacture milk producer. See Ohio Code 917.01

(1) In the case of manufacture milk that is stored in cans on the manufacture milk producer‘s farm, cool the milk to and store it at a temperature of sixty degrees fahrenheit, sixteen degrees celsius, or lower within two hours after completion of the milking;

(2) In the case of all other manufacture milk that is stored on the manufacture milk producer’s farm, cool the milk and store it in accordance with rules adopted by the director of agriculture pursuant to section 917.02 of the Revised Code.

(B) Manufacture milk stored in accordance with division (A)(1) of this section shall be used exclusively in the manufacture of cheese.

(C) This section does not apply to raw milk that is delivered to a manufacture milk plant not later than two hours after completion of milking.

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