{"data":{"id":"us-mt/81-21-102","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"81-21-102","heading":"Licensing of milk plants and dairies selling milk or cream for public consumption.","body":"(1) Except for a small dairy, it is unlawful for the following businesses to operate in this state without first obtaining a license from the department:\n(a) a dairy selling milk or cream for public consumption in the form in which it is originally produced;\n(b) a condensed, evaporated, or powdered milk plant;\n(c) a fluid milk plant.\n(2) A license expires on December 31 of the year issued. The department may, following the procedures in the Montana Administrative Procedure Act, deny, suspend, or revoke a license when it determines that a person to whom the license is issued has failed to comply with the rules of the department or has failed to conduct the person's establishment in a sanitary manner. All license fees collected must be deposited into the general fund.\n(3) The department may issue a restraining order prohibiting a dairy from selling or giving away milk or cream not produced or handled under the laws of this state or the rules of the department. It is unlawful for a dairy, while restrained, to sell or give away for public consumption milk or cream produced or handled by the dairy, and it is also unlawful for a dairy products manufacturing plant, milk plant, or cream station to purchase or use the cream or milk from a dairy while the dairy is restrained.\n(4) The department shall establish license fees for the following facilities:\n(a) a condensed, evaporated, or powdered milk factory;\n(b) a fluid milk plant; and\n(c) a dairy.\n(5) A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 81. LIVESTOCK","CHAPTER 21. DAIRY PRODUCTS","Part 1. Regulation of Dairies Selling Milk or Cream for Public Consumption"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0810/chapter_0210/part_0010/section_0020/0810-0210-0010-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:59Z","sha256":"93066b98250791cd1a091ac43341d77fce77aeca637ec3c01d4a726b6dce74b0","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/81-21-101","next":"us-mt/81-21-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}