PURPOSE: This rule defines terms used in the regulations of the State Milk Board.

1. (1) The following regulations apply in the interpretation and the enforcement for Grade “A” retail raw fluid milk:

   1. (A) Milk is defined to be the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one (1) or more healthy cows, which contains not less than eight and one-quarter percent (8.25%) milk solids-not-fat and not less than three and onequarter percent (3.25%) milkfat. Goat milk is the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of healthy goats. Sheep milk is the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of healthy sheep. Camel milk is the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of healthy camels. The word milk is interpreted to include goat milk, sheep milk, and camel milk;

   2. (B) Milkfat, or butterfat, is the fat of milk.

      1. 1. Cream is a portion of milk which

contains not less than eighteen percent (18%) milkfat.

1. 2. Lowfat milk is milk from which a suf-

ficient portion of milkfat has been removed to reduce the milkfat content to not less than one-half of one percent (0.50%) and not more than two percent (2%);

1. (C) Skim milk is milk from which a sufficient portion of milk fat has been removed to reduce its milkfat content to less than onehalf of one percent (0.50%);
2. (D) A producer-distributor is a milk producer who is also a milk distributor;
3. (E) A dairy or dairy farm is any place or premises where one (1) or more cows are kept and from which all of the milk and milk products from which is sold or offered for sale;
4. (F) The word person shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, trustee, or association;
5. (G) Where the term and/or is used, and shall apply where possible, otherwise or shall apply; and
6. (H) State authority shall mean the State Milk Board or contracted local authority. AUTHORITY: section 196.939, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed June 20, 1973, effective June 30, 1973. Amended: Filed July 24, 2012, effective Jan. 30, 2013. Amended: Filed April 30, 2018, effective Nov. 30, 2018. *Original authority: 196.939, RSMo 1972, amended 1993, 1994, 1995.