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7 CFR §58.137

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A plant shall not accept milk from a producer if:
  1. (a)The milk has been in a probational (No. 3) sediment content classification for more than 10 calendar days (§ 58.134);
  2. (b)Three of the last five milk samples have exceeded the maximum bacterial estimate of 500,000 per ml. (§ 58.135 (c)(3)).
  3. (c)Three of the last five milk samples have exceeded the maximum somatic cell count level of 750,000 per ml. (1,000,000 per ml. for goat milk) (§ 58.133 (b)(6)); or
  4. (d)The producer's milk shipments to either the Grade A or the manufacturing grade milk market currently are not permitted due to a positive drug residue test (§ 58.133(c)(4)).