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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-7-409: Sampling and testing

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A. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall collect and analyze

representative samples, at least four times in any consecutive six

(6) months, of Grade A raw milk for pasteurization and Grade A milk

and milk products from each Grade A dairy farm, or milk plant and

shall collect and analyze representative Grade A milk and milk

products, as required by the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act and

rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture.

B. Whenever two of the last four consecutive bacteria counts,

somatic cell counts, coliform determinations, or cooling

temperatures, taken on separate days, exceed the limit of the

standard for the milk and milk products, the Commissioner shall send

a written notice to the person concerned. This notice shall be in

effect so long as two of the last four consecutive samples exceed

the limit of the standard. An additional sample shall be taken

within twenty-one (21) days of sending the notice, but not before

the lapse of three (3) days.

C. Whenever a phosphatase test on Grade A pasteurized milk is

positive, the cause shall be determined; and where the cause is

improper pasteurization, it shall be corrected and any milk or milk

product involved shall not be offered for sale as Grade A.

D. Whenever an inhibitor test is positive and confirmed, the

cause shall be determined, any milk or milk product involved shall

not be offered for sale as Grade A, and the dairy farm responsible

shall not produce raw milk for Grade A purposes until the milk is

found to be free of inhibitors.

E. Samples shall be analyzed in a laboratory approved by the

Commissioner. All sampling procedures and required laboratory

examinations shall be in substantial compliance with the latest

edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products of

the American Public Health Association and the latest edition of

Official Methods of Analyses of the Association of Official

Analytical Chemists. The procedures including the certification of

sample collectors and the examinations shall be evaluated in

accordance with the Evaluation of Milk Laboratories, 1995

Recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service/Food and Drug

Administration and its successors.

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