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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2. Agriculture
Agency 5. Department of Agriculture And Consumer Services
Chapter 490. Regulations Governing Grade "A" Milk
12/26/2024

2VAC5-490-103. Equipment and facilities; accessibility for inspection.

Each grade A permit holder shall ensure that his facilities and equipment are accessible for inspection by complying with the following:

1. Concrete lids, covers, and access doors to each well house, water supply, or pump house shall be easily lifted or opened by a single person and require the person to lift no more than 80 pounds to gain free access to the facilities for inspection;

2. If the permit holder locks any portion of his facilities requiring inspection, the permit holder, upon request, shall provide the state regulatory agency with keys to open the facilities, or the combination code for each lock to unlock the facilities, or the permit holder shall ensure that he or his agent is always available on the premises to provide access to the locked facilities during all normal inspection times;

3. If the permit holder installs floor mats on cow standing surfaces in the milking parlor or barn, the entire area of the floor underneath of the floor mats shall be accessible for inspection by a single person working continuously for 20 minutes including the time necessary to lift and replace the floor mats on the floor;

4. If the permit holder installs any equipment that requires tools to be disassembled for inspection, the permit holder shall provide the tools freely accessible to the state regulatory agency during all normal inspection times;

5. If the permit holder installs any equipment requiring inspection in an attic, loft, pit, or other area requiring a ladder for access, the permit holder shall provide a ladder convenient to each of these areas during all normal inspection times; and

6. If the permit holder installs any milk lines or other milking equipment, milk transfer or wash solution lines in an attic, loft, pit, or other area not visible from below by the state regulatory agency, the permit holder shall ensure that all fittings and joints are welded and contain no gaskets or joints that could leak and that the interior surfaces of all milk lines or other milking equipment, milk transfer or wash solution lines is fully accessible for inspection from outside the attic, loft, pit, or other area not visible from below.

Statutory Authority

§ 3.2-5206 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 20, eff. May 23, 2007; amended, Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 14, eff. March 2, 2020.

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