Section 21-416 - Scope of permits. - Maryland Statutes

§ 21-416. Scope of permits.
 

(a)  Bobtailer permit.- While it is effective, a bobtailer permit authorizes the holder, on a Grade A milk route that the holder operates or controls, to distribute Grade A pasteurized milk products that the holder purchased from a Grade A distributor or a Grade A milk processor. 

(b)  Certified industry dairy farm inspector permit.- While it is effective, a certified industry dairy farm inspector permit authorizes the holder to inspect dairy farms in accordance with this subtitle. 

(c)  Distribution station permit.- While it is effective, a distribution station permit authorizes the holder, for redistribution and sale, whether from a fixed location or from a vehicle: 

(1) To receive Grade A pasteurized milk products; 

(2) To store Grade A pasteurized milk products; and 

(3) To transfer Grade A pasteurized milk products for redistribution and sale. 

(d)  Milk processor or milk processor - farmstead cheese producer permit.-  

(1) While it is effective, a milk processor permit authorizes the holder: 

(i) To collect raw milk; 

(ii) To handle raw milk; 

(iii) To process raw milk; 

(iv) To pasteurize raw milk; 

(v) To store pasteurized milk; 

(vi) To bottle or package pasteurized milk; 

(vii) To prepare pasteurized milk for distribution; and 

(viii) To distribute pasteurized milk. 

(2) While it is effective, a milk processor - farmstead cheese producer permit authorizes the holder: 

(i) To perform all the functions set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and 

(ii) To produce farmstead cheese. 

(e)  Milk producer permit.- While it is effective, a milk producer permit authorizes the holder: 

(1) To operate a dairy farm; and 

(2) To sell raw milk from the dairy farm to: 

(i) A receiving station; 

(ii) A transfer station; or 

(iii) A milk plant. 

(f)  Milk hauler/sampler permit.- While it is effective, a bulk milk hauler/sampler permit authorizes the holder, while operating a milk tank truck: 

(1) To receive raw milk products from a milk producer, milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station; 

(2) To transport raw milk products that have been received from a milk producer, milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station; and 

(3) To deliver raw milk products that have been received from a milk producer, milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station. 

(g)  Receiving station permit.- While it is effective, a receiving station permit authorizes the holder: 

(1) To collect raw milk; 

(2) To cool raw milk; 

(3) To process raw milk; 

(4) To store raw milk; and 

(5) To prepare raw milk for delivery to a milk plant. 

(h)  Transfer station permit.- While it is effective, a transfer station permit authorizes the holder to operate a place where raw milk is transferred between milk tank trucks for eventual delivery to a milk plant. 

(i)  Products.- A permittee authorized to perform a function under this subtitle shall only exercise that authority as to the classification for which it is designated, except that: 

(1) Unless otherwise specified in this subtitle, a milk producer permittee with a Grade A classification authorized to perform a function under this subtitle may exercise that authority for manufactured milk; and 

(2) A milk processor, receiving station, or transfer station with a manufactured milk classification may exercise that authority using Grade A raw milk. 

(j)  One or more trucks authorized.- While it is effective, a milk transportation company permit authorizes the holder to operate one or more milk tank trucks. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 570; 1982, ch. 240, § 2; 1983, ch. 94; ch. 583, § 2; 1987, ch. 306, § 2; 1989, ch. 461; 2001, ch. 477; 2007, ch. 437; 2009, chs. 609, 610.]