P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 11.5.4 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

11.5.4. The milk receiving room referred to in paragraph 1 of section 11.5.3 is not required if

(1)  the dairy plant does not receive any milk shipments by milk transport tank;

(2)  there is only a partial transfer of the milk in the tank of the vehicle used to collect milk in the dairy plant’s facilities, representing a volume less than 50% of the volume in the tank or a maximum volume of 17,000 litres;

(3)  the dairy plant receives only milk delivered in containers; or

(4)  the dairy plant operator provides testers or other milk collectors with premises and the equipment and materials necessary for washing and sanitizing the tanks of milk transport vehicles and their equipment, as required by the second paragraph of section 11.4.13.

In the circumstances described in subparagraphs 2 to 4 of the first paragraph, the dairy plant must nevertheless contain an outside area for receiving milk where the ground is covered with a hard impervious material and equipped with a drain. The dairy plant must also contain the area referred to in subparagraph c of paragraph 1 of section 11.5.3 for handling samples.

O.C. 741-2008, s. 15.