196.949. State inspection of milk or milk products not required, when. - Missouri Statutes

State inspection of milk or milk products not required, when.

196.949. Graded fluid milk or fluid milk products not inspected understate milk inspection may be sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale, anddelivered in the state of Missouri, or any municipality thereof, ifapproved by the state milk board as provided for by regulations adopted bythe state milk board; provided that, the graded fluid milk or fluid milkproducts from other states shall be produced and processed under thesupervision of a duly authorized governmental agency operating under theprovisions of an ordinance, statute, or regulation substantially equivalentto the regulations promulgated and adopted by the state milk board andenforced with equal effectiveness as determined by an official ratingsurvey, and products meet applicable temperature, bacteriological andcomposition standards when sampled on arrival at point of retail sale.Nothing in this section shall prohibit the state or local health officerfrom satisfying himself or herself that the governmental agency havingjurisdiction over the production and processing is properly enforcing suchprovisions.

(L. 1972 H.B. 1280 § 11, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1017)