Milk in farm bulk tanks shall be classified for sediment
content as noted in Table 220.
TABLE 220
ILLINOIS SEDIMENT STANDARD
Sediment-content classification
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No. 1
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(acceptable).......................................................
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Not to exceed 0.50 mg. or equivalent.
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No. 2
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(acceptable).......................................................
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Not to exceed
1.50
mg. or equivalent.
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No. 3
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(probational)......................................................
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Not to exceed 2.50 mg. or equivalent.
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No. 4
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(reject)...............................................................
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Over 2.50 mg. or equivalent.
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a) Method of
Testing: Methods for determining sediment content of milk shall be those
described in the 15th edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy
Products. Sediment content shall be based on comparison with applicable charts
of the United States Department of Agriculture Sediment Standard for Milk and
Milk Products ( 7 C.F.R. Part
58, Subpart T).
b) Frequency of Tests: At least once each
month at irregular intervals, the milk from each producer's farm bulk tank or
tanks shall be tested for sediment content and the results forwarded to the
Department within 15 days from the date of test.
c) Acceptance or Rejection of Milk: When the
milk of any producer has been tested and the sediment disc is graded number 4
the milk shall be rejected, and no further milk of that producer shall be
picked up, accepted, or delivered until the sediment test discloses a sediment
disc grade of number of 3 or better. Whenever milk has been tested and the
sediment disc graded number 3 the Department shall notify the producer that the
milk is of borderline quality and that if any subsequent test discloses a
sediment disc grade of number 4, the milk will be rejected.
d) Retests: On test of the next shipment,
milk classified as No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3, may be accepted, but No. 4 milk shall
be rejected. Retests of bulk milk classified as No. 4 shall be made at the farm
before pickup. The producers of No. 3 and No. 4 milk shall be notified,
furnished sediment discs and the next shipment tested. This procedure of
retesting successive shipments and accepting probational (No. 3) milk and
rejecting No. 4 milk may be continued for not to exceed 10 calendar days. If at
the end of this time all of the producer's milk does not meet the acceptable
sediment content classification (No. 1 or No. 2) it shall be excluded from the
market.