"Milk Producer" means a person or organization who
operates a dairy farm and provides, sells, or offers milk
for sale to a milk processing plant, receiving station, or
transfer station.
Every milk producer must obtain a milk producer's license to
operate as a milk producer. A milk producer's license is not
transferable with respect to persons or locations or both.
"Milk Processing Plant" means a place, premises, or
establishment where milk or milk products are collected,
handled, processed, stored, bottled, pasteurized,
aseptically processed, or prepared for distribution, except
an establishment that merely receives the processed milk
products and serves them or sells them at retail.
A milk processing plant must obtain an annual milk
processing plant license. A milk processing plant may choose
to process (1) grade A milk and milk products, or (2) other
milk products that are not classified grade A. Only one
license may be required to process milk; however, milk
processing plants must obtain the necessary endorsements
from the department in order to process products as defined
for each type of milk or milk product processing.
"Dairy Technician" means any person who takes
samples, or who grades, weighs, or measures milk or cream or
fluid milk product, as a basis of payment, or who operates
equipment wherein milk or products thereof are pasteurized.