1. (a) The purpose of 18 AAC 32.010 - 18 AAC 32.060 is to safeguard public health and safety by ensuring that milk and milk products from a cow, goat, or sheep, that are to be sold as part of commerce and intended for human consumption, are manufactured, sold, and delivered in a safe and wholesome condition.

2. (b) The provisions of 18 AAC 32.010 - 18 AAC 32.060 apply to

   1. (1) each milk producer, each wholesale milk distributor, and each owner or operator of a milk processing plant, receiving station, or transfer station whose milk or milk products are to be sold as part of commerce and are intended for human consumption;

   2. (2) each milk hauler who

      1. (A) collects, for the milk producer, milk processing plant, or the department, samples the raw milk for pasteurization or for bacterial, chemical, temperature standards, or compliance testing; or
      2. (B) hauls milk from a milk producer or other milk distributor to a milk processing plant, receiving station, or transfer station; and
   3. (3) a processor of a milk product.
3. (c) The provisions of 18 AAC 32.010 - 18 AAC 32.070 do not apply to a person who owns a cow, goat, or sheep and uses the milk from the animal for that person's personal use.

(Eff. 5/23/98, Register 146; am 3/26/2023, Register 245)

Authority: AS 03.05.011, AS 03.05.020, AS 17.20.340, AS 44.46.020