CHAPTER 25.  MILK TESTING LAW


§4001.  Definitions


For purposes of this subpart, the following shall be herein defined:


(1)  Commissioner:  The commissioner of agriculture, his representative or his agent.


(2)  Cooperative:  A legally chartered organization of milk producers, their representatives or their agents.


(3)  Purchaser:  Any person, firm, corporation or cooperative purchasing milk and cream on the basis of volume, weight and butterfat content therein.


(4)  Producer:  Any person, firm, corporation or cooperative producing milk for sale on the basis of volume, weight and butterfat content therein.


(5)  Milk:  As defined by the state health sanitary code, the butterfat requirement shall be excluded as related to milk produced at dairy farms.


(6)  Fresh milk test:  A butterfat analysis which shall have been determined by a method approved by law and which shall have been proven accurate and deemed acceptable as a factor of payment by the commissioner.


(7)  Time composite:  A sample of milk obtained by the mixing of single samples, each being representative of and proportionate to the volume from which they were taken and which shall represent a period of time not to exceed sixteen days.


(8)  License:  Any technical license issued by the commissioner.


Acts 1974, No. 306, §1; Acts 1985, No. 74, §1.