SECTIONS 33221-33228 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 33221-33228

33221. As used in this article, "permit" means a permit that is
issued pursuant to Section 33222.

33222. Every person, before engaging in the business of producing
market milk, shall obtain a permit from the secretary or from the
approved milk inspection service that is maintained by the county
designated by the director pursuant to this chapter for each dairy
farm.

33223. If a permit is issued by an approved milk inspection service
designated by the secretary to a producer of market milk, no other
permit shall be required of the producer by any other approved milk
inspection service.

33224. Upon receipt of an application for a permit, the secretary
or approved milk inspection service shall cause an investigation to
be made of the dairy farm where milk is produced and of the herd that
produces the milk.

33225. If this division and the standards that are established by
or adopted pursuant to the authority that is granted in this division
are complied with, and the applicant's milk is to be delivered
within a county which maintains an approved milk inspection service,
a permit shall be issued by the secretary or the approved milk
inspection service, to the dairy farm. The permit shall be issued for
a period not to exceed one year.

33226. Every person shall obtain a permit from the secretary before
engaging in the business of processing or distributing market milk.
Upon receipt of an application for a permit, the secretary shall
cause an investigation to be made of the milk products plant or place
of business from which milk is distributed. If this division and the
standards that are established pursuant to the authority that is
granted in this division are complied with, a permit shall be issued
by the secretary to the milk products plant or place of business. The
permit shall be issued for a period not to exceed one year.

33227. Each person, before engaging in the transportation of
unpackaged market milk or unpackaged market milk products (bulk milk
hauler), shall obtain a bulk milk hauler tanker permit from the
secretary for each tanker that person uses in the bulk transport of
unpackaged market milk or unpackaged market milk products. Upon
receipt of an application for a permit, the secretary shall cause an
inspection to be made of the bulk milk hauler's tanker for which the
application is made. An inspection required for the issuance of a
permit shall be conducted in a uniform and efficient manner. A permit
shall be issued for each tanker that is in compliance with this
division and the standards that are established pursuant to this
division. The permit shall be valid for not more than one year, shall
be permanently affixed in a conspicuous manner on the rear frame of
the tanker for which it is issued, and shall be renewed within one
year from the date of issue upon payment of an annual inspection fee.
The assessment of the annual inspection fee shall be based upon the
actual cost of the inspection and shall be subject to verification
upon the request of a permit applicant. The permit shall conform with
all requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration
Coded Memorandum implementing the enforcement provisions for
permitting and inspection of bulk milk tankers.
This section shall become operative upon the adoption by the
United States Food and Drug Administration of the Coded Memorandum
implementing enforcement provisions for permitting and inspection of
bulk milk tankers. The secretary may adopt regulations necessary to
implement this section.

33228. (a) Any person, before engaging the business of cleaning or
sanitizing bulk milk tanker trucks shall obtain a bulk milk tanker
truck cleaning or sanitizing permit from the secretary for each
facility not attached to a licensed milk products plant or market
milk dairy farm that is used in the cleaning or sanitizing of bulk
milk tanker trucks.
(b) Bulk milk tanker trucks shall be cleaned or sanitized only at
a facility holding a valid bulk milk tanker truck cleaning facility
permit, a licensed milk products plant, or a permitted market milk
dairy farm.
(c) Upon receipt of an application for a bulk milk tanker truck
cleaning facility permit, the secretary shall cause an inspection to
be made of the facility. If this division and the standards that are
established pursuant to the authority that is granted in this
division are complied with, a permit shall be issued by the secretary
to the bulk milk tanker truck cleaning or sanitizing facility or
place of business. The permit shall be issued for a period not to
exceed one year.
(d) The secretary shall establish a cost-related inspection fee
for the inspection and permitting of bulk milk tanker truck cleaning
or sanitizing facilities not attached to a licensed milk products
plant or market milk dairy farm.