(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall establish by rule, as provided in ORS Chapter 183, official state grades and standards of quality applicable to all milk, fluid milk and dairy products.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 621.058

  • Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 621.003
  • Fluid milk: means milk and any other product made by the addition of a substance to milk or to a liquid form of milk product if the milk or other product is produced, processed, distributed, sold or offered or exposed for sale for human consumption. See Oregon Statutes 621.003
  • Milk: means the lacteal secretion of cows, sheep and goats. See Oregon Statutes 621.003

(2) The grades and standards for milk, fluid milk and dairy products may from time to time be changed by the department as provided in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The department may adopt by rule recommended or required practices for ensuring the safety or marketability of milk, fluid milk or dairy products. The rules may include, but need not be limited to, the adoption by reference, in modified or unmodified form, of any model ordinances, practices or requirements used by the federal government or multistate organizations of milk shippers. [Formerly 621.201; 2017 c.16 § 1]

 

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