§ 40:31.39 — Dairy farms and plants; milk plants; permit fees; definitions

Louisiana § 40:31.39

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§31.39. Dairy farms and plants; milk plants; permit fees; definitions
A.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee in the amount of ninety dollars per
permit issued to a dairy farm.
(2) As used in this Subsection, the term "dairy farm" means any place or premises
where one or more cows, goats, sheep, water buffaloes, or other hooved mammals are kept
for milking and from which a part or all of the milk produced is provided, sold, or offered
for sale to a dairy plant, transfer station, or receiving station possessing a permit from the
Louisiana Department of Health.
B.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee in the amount of three hundred
dollars per permit issued to a dairy plant.
(2) As used in this Subsection, the term "dairy plant" means any place, premises, or
establishment where milk, milk products including frozen desserts, frozen dessert mixes,
filled milk or filled milk products, anomalous milk, anomalous milk products or anomalous
dairy products, and dairy products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized,
ultra-pasteurized, aseptically processed, churned, frozen, dried, blended, concentrated,
condensed, packaged, or prepared for distribution and where milk tank trucks are cleaned and
sanitized when received. The term also includes out-of-state facilities and establishments
whose products are sold or distributed within the state of Louisiana.
C.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee in the amount of three hundred
dollars per permit issued to a single service milk and milk product container or closure
manufacturing plant.
(2) As used in this Subsection, the term "single service milk and milk product
container or closure manufacturing plant" means fabricators, converters, printers, closure
manufacturers, plastic laminators, sheet formers, blow molders, vacuum formers, plastic
extruders, injection molders, preformers, manufacturers of valves, valve parts, tubes,
dispensing devices, and sample containers for use with milk or milk products. The term also
includes out-of-state facilities and establishments whose products are sold or distributed
within the state of Louisiana.

Legislative History

Acts 2018, No. 9, §1.