Washington Dairy Products Commission
National Milk
Producers Federation
Updated: 10/09/08
Dairy Laws & RulesWSDA is proposing to adopt the 2007 Revision of the Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) and related procedures and standards under the authority of RCW 15.36.021. The last revision adopted by WSDA was the 1999 Revision of the PMO. The PMO includes the requirements necessary to participate in the interstate conference on milk shipping. This ordinance regulates the production, transportation, processing, handling, sampling, examination, labeling, and sale of Grade “A” milk and milk products including buttermilk and buttermilk products and condensed and dry milk products. It is the basic standard used in the voluntary Cooperative State-PHS/FDA Program for the Certification of Interstate Milk Shipments; a program participated in by all fifty States, the District of Columbia and U.S. Trust Territories. The United States Food and Drug Administration administers the interstate conference on milk shipping. The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS), in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding with the Food and Drug Administration, recommends at its biennial conference changes and modifications to the Grade "A" PMO. Adoption of the PMO and related procedures and standards ensure that the milk and milk products produced in Washington state meet the latest standards and assist in continued acceptance of Washington State milk and milk products shipped to other states. Below are copies of the 2007 Revisions of the PMO and related documents. Proposed amendments to Chapter 16-101 WAC Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, 2007 Revision , United States Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration Note: Strikeouts in the 2007 Revision of the PMO document indicate those portions that are Exceptions for adoption. Procedures Governing the Cooperative State-Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration Program Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk Shippers 2007 Revision, United States Health and Human Services Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration Evaluation of Milk Laboratories 2005 Revision United States Health and Human Services Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration | Laws & RulesChapter 16-101 WAC, Milk & Milk Products Chapter 15.36 RCW, Milk and Milk Products Chapter 15.44 RCW, Dairy Products Commission Chapter 69.04 RCW, Intrastate Commerce in Food , Drugs, Cosmetics 21 CFR Part 110 GMP Current Good Manufacturing Practice Chapter 16-101X WAC, Degrades, License Suspensions and Revocations for Dairy Producers and Processors Chapter 16-102 WAC, Butterfat testing of milk Chapter 16-103 WAC, Milk Processing Assessments and Collections Chapter 16-124 WAC, Licensed Testers, Weighers, Samplers, and Graders Chapter 16-125 WAC, Farm Milk Storage Tanks and Bulk Milk Tanker - Requirements Chapter 16-139 WAC, Penalties Chapter 16-142 WAC, Perishable Packaged Food Goods - Pull Dating Chapter 16-144 WAC, Processing Frozen Desserts Chapter 16-167 WAC, Intrastate Commerce in Foods |