Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-7-409
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Sampling and testing
Official statutory text
A. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall collect and analyze
representative samples, at least four times in any consecutive six
(6) months, of Grade A raw milk for pasteurization and Grade A milk
and milk products from each Grade A dairy farm, or milk plant and
shall collect and analyze representative Grade A milk and milk
products, as required by the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act and
rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture.
B. Whenever two of the last four consecutive bacteria counts,
somatic cell counts, coliform determinations, or cooling
temperatures, taken on separate days, exceed the limit of the
standard for the milk and milk products, the Commissioner shall send
a written notice to the person concerned. This notice shall be in
effect so long as two of the last four consecutive samples exceed
the limit of the standard. An additional sample shall be taken
within twenty-one (21) days of sending the notice, but not before
the lapse of three (3) days.
C. Whenever a phosphatase test on Grade A pasteurized milk is
positive, the cause shall be determined; and where the cause is
improper pasteurization, it shall be corrected and any milk or milk
product involved shall not be offered for sale as Grade A.
D. Whenever an inhibitor test is positive and confirmed, the
cause shall be determined, any milk or milk product involved shall
not be offered for sale as Grade A, and the dairy farm responsible
shall not produce raw milk for Grade A purposes until the milk is
found to be free of inhibitors.
E. Samples shall be analyzed in a laboratory approved by the
Commissioner. All sampling procedures and required laboratory
examinations shall be in substantial compliance with the latest
edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 379
the American Public Health Association and the latest edition of
Official Methods of Analyses of the Association of Official
Analytical Chemists. The procedures including the certification of
sample collectors and the examinations shall be evaluated in
accordance with the Evaluation of Milk Laboratories, 1995
Recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service/Food and Drug
Administration and its successors.
representative samples, at least four times in any consecutive six
(6) months, of Grade A raw milk for pasteurization and Grade A milk
and milk products from each Grade A dairy farm, or milk plant and
shall collect and analyze representative Grade A milk and milk
products, as required by the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act and
rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture.
B. Whenever two of the last four consecutive bacteria counts,
somatic cell counts, coliform determinations, or cooling
temperatures, taken on separate days, exceed the limit of the
standard for the milk and milk products, the Commissioner shall send
a written notice to the person concerned. This notice shall be in
effect so long as two of the last four consecutive samples exceed
the limit of the standard. An additional sample shall be taken
within twenty-one (21) days of sending the notice, but not before
the lapse of three (3) days.
C. Whenever a phosphatase test on Grade A pasteurized milk is
positive, the cause shall be determined; and where the cause is
improper pasteurization, it shall be corrected and any milk or milk
product involved shall not be offered for sale as Grade A.
D. Whenever an inhibitor test is positive and confirmed, the
cause shall be determined, any milk or milk product involved shall
not be offered for sale as Grade A, and the dairy farm responsible
shall not produce raw milk for Grade A purposes until the milk is
found to be free of inhibitors.
E. Samples shall be analyzed in a laboratory approved by the
Commissioner. All sampling procedures and required laboratory
examinations shall be in substantial compliance with the latest
edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 379
the American Public Health Association and the latest edition of
Official Methods of Analyses of the Association of Official
Analytical Chemists. The procedures including the certification of
sample collectors and the examinations shall be evaluated in
accordance with the Evaluation of Milk Laboratories, 1995
Recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service/Food and Drug
Administration and its successors.
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