Section 50. Delivery and acceptance requirements for all established marketing areas

A. Deliveries shall conform to the following:

1. Producers shipping on a daily basis shall deliver in each delivery an amount of milk at least equal to their daily base, if produced. Producers shipping on an every other day basis shall deliver in each delivery an amount of milk at least equal to twice their daily base, if produced.

2. Deliveries other than in accordance with subdivision 1 of this subsection shall be subject to the pricing procedures of 2VAC15-20-80 A 4.

B. Milk delivered and accepted during a delivery period shall conform to the following:

1. Producers shall deliver within a delivery period an amount of milk at least equal to their base, if produced, and the processing general distributor concerned shall accept such deliveries.

2. A cooperative association operating under the provisions of 2VAC15-20-40 D 1 a shall deliver within a delivery period an amount of milk at least equal to the aggregated base of its members which is assigned and the processing general distributor concerned shall accept such deliveries.

3. Cooperative associations operating under the provisions of 2VAC15-20-40 D 1 a shall not be required to make daily deliveries in quantities less than the full volume of tankers that are currently in use by the cooperative associations.

C. Other delivery arrangements not in conflict with this chapter may be mutually agreed upon by producers or cooperative associations and the processing general distributor concerned.

D. Production in excess of base assigned is not required to be delivered by producers or cooperative associations, or accepted by the processing general distributor concerned.

E. Cooperative associations may fulfill the delivery obligations of any of their base holding members.

F. Milk delivered in accordance with this chapter shall not be rejected by processing general distributors so long as the milk is marketable and meets the requirements of the health authorities having jurisdiction and previously published standards of the processing general distributor.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR475-02-02 § 5, eff. July 1, 1974; March 1, 1975; October 1, 1975; March 1, 1976; April 1, 1977; July 1, 1977; September 2, 1978; March 1, 1979; May 1, 1980; January 1, 1981; Aug 1, 1981; May 1, 1982; December 1, 1982; September 1, 1983; September 1, 1984; October 15, 1984; August 1, 1985; May 1, 1987; July 1, 1987; March 1, 1988; September 1, 1988; March 1, 1989; July 1, 1989, February 1, 1990; March 1, 1990; June 1, 1990; September 1, 1990; May 1, 1991; August 1, 1991; November 1, 1991; December 1, 1991; amended, Volume 13, Issue 26, eff. October 15, 1997.

Statutory Authority

§ 3.2-3204 of the Code of Virginia.