Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 21-416 - Scope of permits(a) 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) While it is effective, a certified industry dairy farm inspector permit authorizes the holder to inspect dairy farms in accordance with this subtitle.(c) 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)(1) While it is effective, a milk processor permit authorizes the holder: (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) 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: (ii) A transfer station; or(f) 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) While it is effective, a receiving station permit authorizes the holder: (4) To store raw milk; and(5) To prepare raw milk for delivery to a milk plant.(h) 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) 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) While it is effective, a milk transportation company permit authorizes the holder to operate one or more milk tank trucks.