PURPOSE: This rule provides requirements regarding animal health for Grade A dairy farms. This rule corresponds with Part II, Section 8 of the Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance with Administrative Procedures— 2005 Recommendations of the United States Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration (PMO).

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The secretary of state has determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text of the rule is printed here.

1. (1) All milk for pasteurization shall be from herds which are located in a modified accredited tuberculosis area as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture. Provided that herds located in an area which fails to maintain this accredited status shall have been accredited by the department as tuberculosis-free or shall have passed an annual tuberculosis test.

2. (2) All milk for pasteurization shall be from herds under a brucellosis eradication program which meets one (1) of the following conditions:

   1. (A) Located in a certified brucellosis-free area as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture and enrolled in the testing program for those areas;
   2. (B) Located in a modified certified brucellosis area as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture and enrolled in the testing program for those areas;
   3. (C) Meet U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements for an individually certified herd;
   4. (D) Participating in a milk-ring testing program which is conducted on a continuing basis at intervals of not less than every three

3. (3) months or more than every six (6) months, with individual blood tests on all animals in herds showing suspicious reactions to the milk-ring test; or

   1. (E) Have an individual blood agglutination test annually with an allowable maximum grace period not exceeding two (2) months.
4. (3) For diseases other than brucellosis and tuberculosis, the regulatory agency shall require physical, chemical or bacteriological tests as it deems necessary. The diagnosis of other diseases in dairy cattle shall be based upon the findings of a licensed veterinarian or a veterinarian in the employ of an official agency. Any diseased animal disclosed by these test(s) shall be disposed of as the regulatory agency directs. The 2005 edition of the Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance with Administrative Procedures is hereby incorporated by reference as published by the Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Milk Safety Branch (HFS- 626), 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740-3835. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions to the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO).

AUTHORITY: section 196.939, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed April 20, 1973, effective April 30, 1973. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 11, 1980, effective July 1, 1980. Amended: Filed Feb. 1, 1990, effective April 26, 1990. Amended: Filed 15, 2007, effective July 30, 2007. *Original authority: 196.939, RSMo 1972, amended 1993, 1994, 1995.