HOUSE BILL No. 6217


     June 18, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Kolb, McConico, Jacobs, Ruth Johnson and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture and Resource Management.


        A bill to amend 2001 PA 266, entitled

   "Grade A milk law of 2001,"

   by amending section 68 (MCL 288.538).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 68.  (1)  Only  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN

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        THIS SUBSECTION, ONLY pasteurized milk and milk products shall be

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        offered for sale or sold, directly or indirectly, to the final

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        consumer or to restaurants, grocery stores, or similar

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        establishments.  A PRODUCER OWNING AN ANIMAL USED TO PRODUCE MILK

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        OR MILK PRODUCTS MAY SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE A MINIMUM OF A

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        10% INTEREST PER FAMILY IN THE MILK-PRODUCING ANIMAL TO AN INDI-

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        VIDUAL OTHER THAN AN ON-FARM FAMILY MEMBER OF THE PRODUCER FOR

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        ONLY THE PERSONAL USE OF THE MILK OR MILK PRODUCTS.

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             (2) All milk and milk products SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE

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        shall be pasteurized according to the requirements of the


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        pasteurized milk ordinance and the time-temperature relationships

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        described in the pasteurized milk ordinance.

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             (3) All  EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A PRODUCER FEEDING HIS OR HER

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        OWN FARM ANIMAL, ALL dairy plant by-products used for feeding

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        purposes for farm animals shall be pasteurized or be derived from

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        pasteurized products.

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             Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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        effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6218

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        (request no. 06585'02 a) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

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        law.




































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