{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1000.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1000.4","heading":"Plant.","body":"(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, plant means the land, buildings, facilities, and equipment constituting a single operating unit or establishment at which milk or milk products are received, processed, or packaged, including a facility described in paragraph (b)(2) of this section if the facility receives the milk of more than one dairy farmer.\n(b) Plant shall not include:\n(1) A separate building without stationary storage tanks that is used only as a reload point for transferring bulk milk from one tank truck to another or a separate building used only as a distribution point for storing packaged fluid milk products in transit for route disposition; or\n(2) An on-farm facility operated as part of a single dairy farm entity for the separation of cream and skim or the removal of water from milk.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER X—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MILK), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 1000—GENERAL PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS","Subpart B—Definitions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"cef8d96d043edae0bf7af22e93721fa5e3cc227aa83745992c05e750e62ddf05","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1000.3","next":"us/7-cfr-1000.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}