196.951. State milk board official rating agency--survey made, when, how. - Missouri Statutes

State milk board official rating agency--survey made, when, how.

196.951. The state milk board is hereby designated as the officialrating agency. At least biannually, or as often as necessary, the statemilk board shall make an official rating survey to determine if there isappropriate and effective enforcement of the standards and provisions ofsections 196.931 through 196.953 and such other surveys as may be necessaryto assure enforcement of sections 196.931 through 196.953 throughout thestate. Unsatisfactory conditions shall be deemed to exist when a ratingbelow the minimum acceptable rating established by the state milk board isfound by the official rating survey. Violation of sections 196.931 through196.953 shall be deemed to exist when the unsatisfactory conditions causingthe rating to fall below the minimum acceptable rating are not correctedwithin ninety days. The minimum acceptable rating shall be ninety percentfor the pasteurized milk supply as determined by rating methods recognizedby the United States Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration.The state milk board shall promulgate and adopt a single method of makingofficial rating surveys of all milksheds. Official surveys shall be madeby a method substantially equivalent to procedures outlined in UnitedStates Governmental Printing Office Publication Number 678, titled "Methodsof Making Sanitation Ratings of Milksheds".

(L. 1972 H.B. 1280 § 12, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1017)