18 AAC 32.020 - Adoption of the Grade A pasteurized milk ordinance and associated documents

(a) A person described in 18 AAC 32.010(b) shall follow the applicable requirements set out in the following documents, adopted by reference:

(1) Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO), 2011 revision, as amended from time to time, published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, except that Click here to view Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO), 2011 Revision

(A) the term "bulk milk pickup tanker" has the meaning given "bulk milk tanker in 18 AAC 32.990;

(B) the term "clean," "milk distributor," "milk producer," "person," and "transfer station" have the meaning given in 18 AAC 32.990;

(C) the term "sanitization" has the meaning given "sanitize" in 18 AAC 32.990;

(D) this adoption by reference does not include sections 15 (enforcement), 16 (penalty), and 17 (repeal and date of effect);

(2) Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk Shippers, 2011 Revision, published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration; Click here to view Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk Shippers, 2011 Revision

(3) Evaluation of Milk Laboratories, 2011 Revision, published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration;

(4) Procedures Governing the Cooperative State-Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration Program of the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments, 2011 Revision, published by United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration;

(5) 21 C.F.R. Part 110, as revised as of April 1, 2012;

(6) 21 C.F.R. Part 131, Part 133, and Part 135, as revised as of April 1, 2012.

(b) The department will use the procedures in and requirements of the documents adopted by reference in (a) of this section to determine compliance with 18 AAC 32.010 - 18 AAC 32.060.

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18 AAC 32.020

Eff. 5/23/98, Register 146; am 1/14/2001, Register 157; am 9/6/2003, Register 167; am 12/3/2010, Register 196; am 7/25/2014, Register 211, October 2014

Copies of the documents adopted by reference in 18 AAC 32.020 may be reviewed at the Office of the State Veterinarian, Environmental Health Laboratory, 5251 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Anchorage, AK 99507, and may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The Food and Drug Administration documents adopted by reference in 18 AAC 32.020 also may be obtained from the Milk Safety Branch, HFS-626, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, Telephone: (301) 436-2439, and are posted on the following Internet web site: http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/Milk/ucm2007966.htm.

Authority:AS 03.05.011

AS 17.20.005

AS 17.20.010

AS 44.46.020