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KRS 260.780

Prohibited handling practices

Known as the Kentucky Farm Milk Handlers Law

The act spans §§ 260–260 (168 sections).

Effective: January 1, 2001 History: Amended 2000 Ky

It shall be unlawful for a handler of milk in this state to:

(1) Receive or buy milk from permitted producers or their agents without obtaining a license for each location where milk is received or handled;

(2) Receive milk that is paid for on the basis of weight or volume without having it sampled and weighed or measured by a licensed sampler-weigher;

(3) Manipulate weights, measurements, or tests that are to be used as a basis to purchase milk;

(4) Use false or incorrect records of weights or tests as a basis for payment;

(5) Receive milk purchased from permitted producers by a milk handler that does not have a license to handle;

(6) Use weighing, mixing, sampling, or testing equipment which is inaccurate or nonstandard;

(7) Fail to comply with administrative regulations for weighing, measuring, sampling, and testing milk issued by the director;

(8) Fail to keep records of weights and tests as required by administrative regulation or fail to make such records available for inspection by the director;

(9) Receive milk which is paid for on the basis of tests without having it tested by a licensed tester;

(10) Fail to notify the director in writing of any knowledge of an inaccurately calibrated bulk milk tank; or (11) Hinder or obstruct any authorized person in the performance of his or her duties under KRS 260.775 to 260.845.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.