§19-11-2 Definitions. - West Virginia Statutes

§19-11-2. Definitions.

(a) "Adulterated" means milk or the products manufactured from milk meeting one or several of the conditions listed in section seven of this article.

(b) "Certified tester" means any person who has passed an examination in milk testing, weighing and sampling conducted by the commissioner.

(c) "Certified weigher and sampler" means any person who has passed an examination in milk weighing and sampling conducted by the commissioner.

(d) "Clean" means the condition where no residue remains on a surface that will, or is likely to, cause adulteration or other contamination.

(e) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture of the state of West Virginia or his or her duly authorized agent.

(f) "Component" means any of the constituent parts of milk in the solids-not-fat, milk fat or water portion of the milk.

(g) "Dairy plant" means any place, premises, or establishment where milk is collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized or prepared for further distribution.

(h) "Distribute" means the act of transporting, holding for sale, offering for sale, selling, bartering, parceling out, giving or otherwise disposing of milk.

(i) "Embargo" means an order to withdraw milk from distribution. An embargo shall detain such milk or milk product and prohibit the transportation or distribution of milk as provided in section nine of this article.

(j) "Manufacture" means pasteurizing, ultrapasteurizing, formulating or compounding milk or packaging or preparing said product for distribution.

(k) "Milk" means the normal lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows or goats prior to pasteurization or ultrapasteurization. The term may include the components of milk, including cream.

(l) "Milk fat" means fat or butterfat in milk.

(m) "Milk producer" means any person who operates a dairy farm and who provides, sells or offers milk for sale.

(n) "Milk hauler" means any person who transports milk in an unpackaged form.

(o) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, fiduciary, firm, company, corporation, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. The term "person" extends to the agents, servants, officers and employees of the person.

(p) "Receiving station" means any place, premises, or establishment where milk in unpackaged form is received, collected, handled, stored or cooled and prepared for further transporting.

(q) "Sanitization" means the application of any effective method or substance to a clean surface for the destruction of pathogens, and of other organisms as far as practicable. Such treatment shall not adversely affect the equipment, the milk or the health of the consumers consuming the milk or milk products manufactured in the equipment and shall be a method acceptable to the commissioner.

(r) "Solids-not-fat" means all components of milk that are not milk fat or water.

(s) "Transport" means the movement of milk or milk products from one facility to another in a manner that maintains adequate temperatures and protects the product from freezing temperatures, exposure to the sun and from sources of contamination.

(t) "Transfer station" means any place, premises or establishment where milk is transferred directly from one transport tank to another.

(u) "Transport tank" means any tank which is used for the pickup of milk or the transportation of milk to or from any milk producer, dairy plant, receiving station, or transfer station.