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260.780 Prohibited handling practices.
It shall be unlawful for a handler of milk in this state to:
(1) Receive or buy milk from permitted producers or their agents without obtaining a
license for each location where milk is received or handled;
(2) Receive milk that is paid for on the basis of weight or volume without having it
sampled and weighed or measured by a licensed sampler-weigher;
(3) Manipulate weights, measurements, or tests that are to be used as a basis to
purchase milk;
(4) Use false or incorrect records of weights or tests as a basis for payment;
(5) Receive milk purchased from permitted producers by a milk handler that does not
have a license to handle;
(6) Use weighing, mixing, sampling, or testing equipment which is inaccurate or
nonstandard;
(7) Fail to comply with administrative regulations for weighing, measuring, sampling,
and testing milk issued by the director;
(8) Fail to keep records of weights and tests as required by administrative regulation or
fail to make such records available for inspection by the director;
(9) Receive milk which is paid for on the basis of tests without having it tested by a
licensed tester;
(10) Fail to notify the director in writing of any knowledge of an inaccurately calibrated
bulk milk tank; or
(11) Hinder or obstruct any authorized person in the performance of his or her duties
under KRS 260.775 to 260.845.
Effective: January 1, 2001
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 10, effective January 1, 2001. -Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 217, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1960
Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 2, effective June 16, 1960.
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