Section 345IAC8-2-3.5. Milk transportation

  5. (a) Raw milk that is picked up from a farm for delivery to a milk plant shall be collected at the farm only by a person holding a valid bulk milk hauler/sampler permit issued by the state veterinarian. Bulk milk hauler/samplers shall collect milk at dairy farms using the procedures set forth in IC 15-18-1, this rule, and the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) incorporated by reference 345 IAC 8-3. The state veterinarian may evaluate the equipment and procedures used by a bulk milk hauler/sampler to determine compliance.

  (b) Bulk milk hauler/samplers shall attend a training session approved by the state veterinarian as a condition of obtaining a bulk milk hauler/sampler permit. The state veterinarian may issue a conditional bulk milk hauler/sampler permit to an applicant that meets all of the other requirements for obtaining a permit but has not attended an approved training session. The conditional permit may be conditioned on the applicant attending the next available approved training session. The state veterinarian may require additional training to renew a license or to keep a license if a licensee violates the provisions of IC 15-18-1 or this article.

  (c) Milk plants may accept raw milk from dairy farms only if it is collected by a permitted bulk milk hauler/sampler. After collection from a dairy farm, milk may be transported by a person holding a valid milk tank truck operator permit or a bulk milk hauler/sampler permit issued by the state veterinarian.

  (d) Bulk shipments of milk shall be in milk tank trucks that have been inspected by board personnel and meet the standards for design, construction, maintenance, and operation of milk tank trucks in IC 15-18-1 and this article, including Appendix B of the PMO incorporated by reference in 345 IAC 8-3. Milk tank trucks that have been inspected as a part of another state's milk inspection program and hold a current valid permit from that state do not need an Indiana permit. An inspection of a milk tank truck by the dairy regulatory agency of another state may be used to issue an Indiana permit for the truck. (Indiana State Board of Animal Health; 345 IAC 8-2-3.5; filed Sep 27, 2002, 2:40 p.m.: 26 IR 337; readopted filed May 9, 2007, 3:16 p.m.: 20070516-IR-345070037RFA; errata filed Oct 3, 2008, 3:30 p.m.: 20081022-IR-345080767ACA; readopted filed Oct 16, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20141112-IR-345140300RFA; filed Dec 4, 2014, 1:59 p.m.: 20141224-IR-345140199FRA)