Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 15 Agriculture And Marketing - Chapter 15.36 Milk And Milk Products

  • 15.36.002 Intent
    This chapter is intended to enact state legislation that safeguards the public health and promotes public welfare by: (1) Protecting the consuming public from milk ...
  • 15.36.012 Definitions
    For the purpose of this chapter: "Adulterated milk" means milk that is deemed adulterated under appendix L of the PMO. "Colostrum milk" means milk produced ...
  • 15.36.021 Milk and milk products -- Rule-making authority -- Grade A pasteurized and raw milk -- Grade C milk and milk products
    The director of agriculture is authorized to: (1) Adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of chapter 15.36 RCW, which includes rules governing the ...
  • 15.36.025 Application of chapter 34.05 RCW
    Chapter 34.05 RCW governs the rights, remedies, and procedures respecting the administration of this chapter, including rule making, assessment of civil penalties, emergency actions, and ...
  • 15.36.041 Milk producer's license
    Every milk producer must obtain a milk producer's license to operate as a milk producer as defined in this chapter. A milk producer's license is ...
  • 15.36.051 Milk processing plant license -- Fee waiver
    A milk processing plant must obtain an annual milk processing plant license from the department, which shall expire on June 30 of each year. A ...
  • 15.36.071 Milk hauler's license -- Endorsements
    A milk hauler must obtain a milk hauler's license to conduct the operation under this chapter. A milk hauler's license is not transferable with respect ...
  • 15.36.081 Dairy technician's license -- Application -- Renewal -- Fees
    A dairy technician must obtain a dairy technician's license to conduct operations under this chapter. Such license shall be limited to those functions which the ...
  • 15.36.091 Dairy technician's license -- Records -- Inspection of
    Licensed dairy technicians shall personally take all samples, conduct all tests, and determine all weights and grades of milk and milk products bought, sold, or ...
  • 15.36.101 Milk wash station license
    A wash station operator must obtain a milk wash station license to conduct the operation under this chapter for all wash stations separate from a ...
  • 15.36.111 Inspection of dairy farms and milk processing plants -- Violations -- Director's access
    (1) The director shall inspect all dairy farms and all milk processing plants prior to issuance of a license under this chapter and at a ...
  • 15.36.131 Sale of out-of-state grade A milk and milk products
    Grade A milk and milk products from outside the state may not be sold in the state of Washington unless produced and/or pasteurized under provisions ...
  • 15.36.141 Grading of milk and milk products
    Grades of milk and milk products as defined in this chapter shall be based on the respectively applicable standards contained in this chapter, with the ...
  • 15.36.151 Unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or deliver certain products -- Diseased animals -- Colostrum -- Exceptions
    It is unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or deliver: (1) Milk or products produced from milk from cows, goats, or other mammals affected with ...
  • 15.36.161 Cows, goats, and other mammals -- Animal health requirements
    (1) All milking cows, goats, and other mammals must meet the animal health requirements established by the state veterinarian under the authority of chapter 16.36 ...
  • 15.36.171 Grades of milk and milk products that may be sold
    The director may revoke the license of any milk processing plant or producer whose product fails to qualify as grade A pasteurized or grade A ...
  • 15.36.181 Sale of adulterated or misbranded milk or milk products prohibited -- Possession restricted
    No person shall produce, sell, offer, or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, any milk or milk product which is ...
  • 15.36.191 Milk or milk product analysis -- Report of violative results
    After obtaining a sample of milk or milk product for analysis, the department shall, within ten days of obtaining the result of the analysis, send ...
  • 15.36.201 Examination of milk and milk products -- Violations -- Director's options
    (1) During any consecutive six months at least four samples of raw milk, raw milk for pasteurization, or both, from each dairy farm and raw ...
  • 15.36.206 Source of milk and milk products -- Seller's disclosure
    Any person selling milk or milk products shall furnish the director, upon request, with the name of all milk processing plants or distributors from whom ...
  • 15.36.221 Grade A raw milk -- Cooling
    Milk and milk products for consumption in the raw state or for pasteurization shall be cooled within two hours of completion of milking to forty ...
  • 15.36.231 Raw milk or milk products -- Bottling and capping -- Packaging -- Labeling
    (1) Milk and milk products for consumption in the raw state shall be bottled or packaged on the farm where produced. Bottling and capping shall ...
  • 15.36.241 Capping of milk or milk products
    Capping of milk or milk products shall be done in a sanitary manner by means of approved equipment and operations. The cap or cover shall ...
  • 15.36.261 Butter or cheese -- Pasteurization of milk or cream
    All milk or cream used in the manufacture of pasteurized butter or cheese shall be pasteurized only in the plant where the butter or cheese ...
  • 15.36.271 "Pasteurized" -- Use of word regulated
    No person shall use the word "pasteurized" in connection with the sale, designation, advertising, labeling, or billing of milk, cream, or any milk product unless ...
  • 15.36.281 Unlawful use of containers -- Seizure authorized
    (1) It shall be unlawful for a person other than the owner, to possess for sale or barter or to use a container that is ...
  • 15.36.401 Licenses -- Denial, suspension, revocation -- Reasons
    (1) A license issued under this chapter may be denied, suspended, or revoked by the director when a person: (a) Fails to comply with the ...
  • 15.36.412 Issuance of cease and desist order
    The director may issue a cease and desist order to any person whom the director has reason to believe is engaged in an activity for ...
  • 15.36.421 Milk processing plant or producer -- License suspension
    (1) If the director finds a milk processing plant or producer operating under conditions that constitute an immediate danger to public health, safety, or welfare ...
  • 15.36.451 Regrading of milk or milk products -- Reinstatement of license
    Any producer or milk processing plant whose milk has been degraded by the director, or whose license has been suspended may at any time make ...
  • 15.36.454 Failure to comply with chapter or rules -- Civil penalties
    (1) Except as provided in RCW 15.36.471 or subsection (2) or (3) of this section, any person who fails to comply with this chapter or ...
  • 15.36.455 Violations -- Notice, orders, damages
    (1) When the director has probable cause to believe that milk or milk products are being sold, distributed, stored, or transported in violation of this ...
  • 15.36.457 Authority to assess civil penalty
    The authority to assess a civil penalty under RCW 15.36.111(1) and 15.36.201(2) shall be used only as consistent with the 1995 grade A pasteurized milk ...
  • 15.36.471 Component parts of fluid dairy products -- Violations of standards -- Civil penalty -- Investigation
    (1) The director shall adopt rules imposing a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for violations of the standards for component parts ...
  • 15.36.473 Failure to comply with chapter or rules -- Criminal penalties
    (1) It is unlawful for any person to sell raw milk from a dairy farm that is not licensed as a milk producer or a ...
  • 15.36.475 Laboratory tests -- Admission as evidence
    Tests performed by an official laboratory or an officially designated laboratory of a milk sample drawn by a department official or a licensed dairy technician ...
  • 15.36.481 Violations may be enjoined
    The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter in the ...
  • 15.36.491 Licenses -- Money deposited in general fund -- Exception
    All moneys received for licenses under this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund, except that all moneys received for annual milk processing plant ...
  • 15.36.511 Unlawful actions
    (1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) Interfere with or obstruct any person in the performance of official duties under this chapter; (b) ...
  • 15.36.525 Sanitary certificates -- Rules -- Fee for issuance
    The department may issue sanitary certificates to milk processing plants under this chapter subject to such requirements as it may establish by rule. The fee ...
  • 15.36.531 Declaration of police power
    It is hereby declared that this chapter is enacted as an exercise of the police power of the state of Washington for the preservation of ...
  • 15.36.541 Chapter cumulative
    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting or being intended to effect a repeal of chapter 69.04 RCW or RCW 69.40.010 through 69.40.025, ...
  • 15.36.551 Dairy inspection program -- Assessment
    There is levied on all milk processed in this state an assessment not to exceed fifty-four one-hundredths of one cent per hundredweight. The director shall ...
  • 15.36.561 Dairy inspection program -- Advisory committee -- Purpose -- Terms
    (1) There is created a dairy inspection program advisory committee. The committee shall consist of eleven members appointed by the director. The director shall solicit ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009