Section 7-03.2-04-05 - Grade A farms - Loss of status - Inspection - Access1. If a grade A farm has three repeat violations that concern the same inspection item, or if the farm scores seventy-five or below in an inspection, it will be downgraded to manufacturing grade status. The commissioner shall notify the milk plant, the milk hauler, and the producer of the status change.2. A grade A farm in violation of equipment cleaning, drugs, temperature, and other requirements established to protect the public from serious health risks will be reinspected not before three days but before twenty-one days.3. If a grade A dairy farm is downgraded three times in any two-year period for any reason, the farm must remain downgraded for up to ninety days as determined by the commissioner. For a farm to regain a grade A license, a reinstatement inspection is required.4. If access to a grade A farm is denied to persons seeking to undertake an inspection, federal check rating, an interstate milk survey, or any state inspection, then the farm will be immediately downgraded to manufacturing grade status and will lose its grade A status.N.D. Admin Code 7-03.2-04-05
Effective October 1, 2009.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 373, July 2019, effective 7/1/2019.General Authority: NDCC 4.1-25-50
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-25-24, 4.1-25-30