21.8001.01000
Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2049
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Agriculture Committee
(At the request of the Agriculture Commissioner)
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 19 of section 4.1-25-01 and sections
2 4.1-25-31, 4.1-25-32, and 4.1-25-33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition
3 of pasteurized milk ordinance and the pasteurized milk ordinance revision.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
5 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 19 of section 4.1-25-01 of the North Dakota
6 Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
7 19. "Pasteurized milk ordinance" means the 20172019 revision of the Grade "A"
8 Pasteurized Ordinance issued by the United States food and drug administration and
9 by the United States department of agriculture's public health service.
10 SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Section 4.1-25-31 of the North Dakota Century Code is
11 amended and reenacted as follows:
12 4.1-25-31. State milk sanitation rating and sampling surveillance officer - Duties -
13 Guidelines.
14 The state milk sanitation rating and sampling surveillance officer is responsible for the rating
15 and certification of milk and dairy products. The rating and certification of milk and dairy
16 products must be in accordance with the procedures outlined in the public health service food
17 and drug administration publication entitled "Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk
18 Shippers - 20172019 Revision, Edition" and the sampling of milk and dairy products must be in
19 accordance with the guidelines in the Standard Methods.
20 SECTION 3. AMENDMENT. Section 4.1-25-32 of the North Dakota Century Code is
21 amended and reenacted as follows:
22 4.1-25-32. Milk laboratory evaluations officer - Duties - Guidelines.
23 The milk laboratory evaluations officer is responsible for the certification and evaluation of
24 milk and dairy products laboratories within the state. Evaluations and certification of milk
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1 laboratories must be made in accordance with the Standard Methods and the procedures
2 outlined in the public health service food and drug administration publication entitled "Evaluation
3 of Milk Laboratories - 20172019 Edition".
4 SECTION 4. AMENDMENT. Section 4.1-25-33 of the North Dakota Century Code is
5 amended and reenacted as follows:
6 4.1-25-33. Grade A pasteurized milk ordinance.
7 Dairy producers, processors, and manufacturers shall comply with the pasteurized milk
8 ordinance and follow the standards set by the "Procedures Governing the Cooperative
9 State-Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration Program of the National Conference
10 on Interstate Milk Shipments, 20172019 Revision".
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Statutes affected: INTRODUCED: 4.1-25-01, 4.1-25-31, 4.1-25-32, 4.1-25-33
Enrollment: 4.1-25-01, 4.1-25-31, 4.1-25-32, 4.1-25-33
PREFILED: 4.1-25-01, 4.1-25-31, 4.1-25-32, 4.1-25-33