Article 7. Permits of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 15. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 7.

As used in this article, "permit" means a permit that is issued pursuant to Section 33222.

Every person, before engaging in the business of producing market milk or manufacturing milk, shall obtain a permit from the secretary or from the approved milk inspection service that is maintained by the county designated by the secretary pursuant to this chapter for each dairy farm.

If a permit is issued by an approved milk inspection service designated by the secretary to a producer of market milk or manufacturing milk, no other permit shall be required of the producer by any other approved milk inspection service.

Upon receipt of an application for a permit, the secretary or approved milk inspection service shall cause an investigation to be made of the dairy farm where milk is produced and of the herd that produces the milk.

If this division and the standards that are established by or adopted pursuant to the authority that is granted in this division are complied with, a permit shall be issued by the secretary or the designated approved milk inspection service, to the dairy farm. The permit shall be issued for a period not to exceed one year.

Every person shall obtain a permit from the secretary before engaging in the business of processing or distributing market milk. Upon receipt of an application for a permit, the secretary shall cause an investigation to be made of the milk products plant or place of business from which milk is distributed. If this division and the standards that are established pursuant to the authority that is granted in this division are complied with, a permit shall be issued by the secretary to the milk products plant or place of business. The permit shall be issued for a period not to exceed one year.

Each person, before engaging in the transportation of unpackaged market milk or unpackaged market milk products (bulk milk hauler), shall obtain a bulk milk hauler tanker permit from the secretary for each tanker that person uses in the bulk transport of unpackaged market milk or unpackaged market milk products. Upon receipt of an application for a permit, the secretary shall cause an inspection to be made of the bulk milk hauler's tanker for which the application is made. An inspection required for the issuance of a permit shall be conducted in a uniform and efficient manner. A permit shall be issued for each tanker that is in compliance with this division and the standards that are established pursuant to this division. The permit shall be valid for not more than one year, shall be permanently affixed in a conspicuous manner on the rear frame of the tanker for which it is issued, and shall be renewed within one year from the date of issue upon payment of an annual inspection fee. The assessment of the annual inspection fee shall be based upon the actual cost of the inspection and shall be subject to verification upon the request of a permit applicant. The permit shall conform with all requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration Coded Memorandum implementing the enforcement provisions for permitting and inspection of bulk milk tankers. This section shall become operative upon the adoption by the United States Food and Drug Administration of the Coded Memorandum implementing enforcement provisions for permitting and inspection of bulk milk tankers. The secretary may adopt regulations necessary to implement this section.

(a) Any person, before engaging the business of cleaning or sanitizing bulk milk tanker trucks shall obtain a bulk milk tanker truck cleaning or sanitizing permit from the secretary for each facility not attached to a licensed milk products plant or market milk dairy farm that is used in the cleaning or sanitizing of bulk milk tanker trucks.
  (b) Bulk milk tanker trucks shall be cleaned or sanitized only at a facility holding a valid bulk milk tanker truck cleaning facility permit, a licensed milk products plant, or a permitted market milk dairy farm.
  (c) Upon receipt of an application for a bulk milk tanker truck cleaning facility permit, the secretary shall cause an inspection to be made of the facility. If this division and the standards that are established pursuant to the authority that is granted in this division are complied with, a permit shall be issued by the secretary to the bulk milk tanker truck cleaning or sanitizing facility or place of business. The permit shall be issued for a period not to exceed one year.
  (d) The secretary shall establish a cost-related inspection fee for the inspection and permitting of bulk milk tanker truck cleaning or sanitizing facilities not attached to a licensed milk products plant or market milk dairy farm.