CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 27 to 206) > SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 (parts 51 to 75) > PART 58—GRADING AND INSPECTION, GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR APPROVED PLANTS AND STANDARDS FOR GRADES OF DAIRY PRODUCTS 1 > SUBPART B—General Specifications for Dairy Plants Approved for USDA Inspection and Grading Service 1 (§58.100 to §58.905) > 58.138—Quality testing of milk from new producers.

58.138—Quality testing of milk from new producers.

A quality examination and tests shall be made on the first shipment of milk from a producer shipping milk to a plant for the first time or resuming shipment to a plant after a period of non-shipment. The milk shall meet the requirements for acceptable milk, somatic cell count and drug residue level ( §§ 58.133, 58.134 and 58.135 ). The buyer shall also confirm that the producer's milk is currently not excluded from the market ( § 58.137 ). Thereafter, the milk shall be tested in accordance with the provisions in §§ 58.133, 58.134 and 58.135.

Code of Federal Regulations

[58 FR 26913, May 6, 1993]