Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-7-403

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Definitions

Official statutory text

As used in the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act:

1. "Bulk milk hauler/sampler" means any person collecting

official samples who may transport raw milk from a farm or raw milk

products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer

station and has in his or her possession a permit from any state to

sample these products;

2. "Dairy farm" means any premises owned or operated by a "milk

producer" where one or more cows or goats are kept, and from which a

part or all of the milk or milk products is sold or offered for

sale;

3. "Goat milk" means the lacteal secretion, practically free

from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more

healthy goats;

4. "Grade A milk and milk products" means milk and milk

products at any stage from production through pasteurization and

packaging, that are of the minimum quality and are produced, hauled,

processed and distributed under conditions which meet the

requirements of the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act;

5. "Inhibitor" means any chemical or antibiotic substance which

inhibits or retards the growth of bacteria in milk;

6. "Milk" means the lacteal secretion, practically free from

colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy

cows, which contains not less than eight and one-fourth percent (8

1/4%) milk solids-not-fat and not less than three and one-fourth

percent (3 1/4%) milk fat. The term "milk" shall include goat milk,

fluid market milk, and milk products for the purpose of distribution

to the consumer, and may contain optional ingredients defined by the

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State Board of Agriculture and shall include ungraded and Grade A

milk;

7. "Milk contact surface" means any pipe, tank, equipment, or

facility which contacts or may contact milk during the producing,

transporting, processing, or distributing of milk and milk products;

8. "Milk distribution center" means any premises, owned or

operated by a "milk distributor", which distributes and sells or

offers to sell milk and milk products but does not include an

establishment which sells or offers to sell Grade A milk and milk

products at retail;

9. "Milk facility" means the producing, processing,

transporting, or distributing premises and facilities which operate

under an appropriate and valid permit issued by the Commissioner, in

compliance with the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act and the

rules of the Board;

10. "Milk fat" or "butter fat" means the fat of milk;

11. "Milk plant" means any premises owned or operated by a

"milk processor" where milk or milk products are collected,

manufactured, processed, pasteurized, bottled, stored, or prepared

for distribution for commercial purposes including, but not limited

to, a receiving or transfer station;

12. "Milk products" means those products produced or obtained

from milk or any component or product of milk and defined by the

Board, including Grade A milk products, ungraded raw milk and

ungraded milk products;

13. "Milk tank truck cleaning facility" means any premises or

establishment, separate from a milk plant, receiving station, or

transfer station, where a milk tank truck is cleaned and sanitized;

14. "Milk tank truck driver" means any person transporting raw

or pasteurized milk products between a milk plant, receiving

station, or transfer station;

15. "Milk transportation company" means any person responsible

for a milk tank truck;

16. "Pasteurized milk" means Grade A raw milk which has been

pasteurized and stored in accordance with the chemical,

bacteriological, and temperature standards required by the Board;

17. "Receiving station" means any premises where raw milk is

received, collected, handled, stored, or cooled and prepared for

further transporting;

18. "Retail food store" means any establishment which offers

for retail sale packaged or bulk food goods for human consumption;
teurized and stored in accordance with the chemical,

bacteriological, and temperature standards required by the Board;

17. "Receiving station" means any premises where raw milk is

received, collected, handled, stored, or cooled and prepared for

further transporting;

18. "Retail food store" means any establishment which offers

for retail sale packaged or bulk food goods for human consumption;

19. "Transfer station" means any establishment or premises

where milk or milk products are transferred directly from one milk

tank truck to another; and

20. "Ungraded milk products" and "manufacture grade milk

products" include, but are not limited to, butter, cheese, dry milk,

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condensed milk, filled or evaporated milk, frozen dairy dessert and

mello-drink products.

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