Section 90. Milk and milk products from beyond the limits of routine inspection

No person may provide, sell, offer for sale, or store in the Commonwealth or bring, send, or receive in the Commonwealth any condensed milk, condensed milk product, aseptically processed and packaged milk or milk products, retort processed after packaged milk or milk products, dry milk, dry milk product, or milk or milk product from outside the Commonwealth unless the condensed milk, condensed milk product, aseptically processed and packaged milk or milk products, retort processed after packaged milk or milk products, dry milk, dry milk product, or milk or milk products are produced and pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, aseptically processed and packaged, or retort processed after packaged under regulations that are substantially equivalent to this chapter and the supply of the milk and the milk plant that produced the condensed milk, condensed milk product, aseptically processed and packaged milk or milk products, retort processed after packaged milk or milk products, dry milk, dry milk product, or milk or milk product has been awarded a milk sanitation compliance rating of at least 90 and an enforcement compliance rating of at least 90, or awarded an acceptable HACCP listing made by a state milk sanitation listing officer certified by the United States Public Health Service. The State Regulatory Authority may impound any condensed milk, condensed milk product, aseptically processed and packaged milk or milk products, retort processed after packaged milk or milk products, dry milk, dry milk product, or milk or milk product within the Commonwealth of Virginia if it does not comply with the requirements of this section.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR115-05-01 § 9, eff. October 15, 1986; amended, Volume 03, Issue 10, eff. March 18, 1987; Volume 09, Issue 23, eff. September 8, 1993; Volume 23, Issue 20, eff. May 23, 2007; Volume 31, Issue 12, eff. January 21, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§ 3.2-5206 of the Code of Virginia.