7 CFR 1000.4
§ 1000.4 Plant.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 7 CFR 1000.4, § 1000.4 Plant, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/22996
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:22996@1- SHA-256
3f2841433517a5d6aca18255eb18a8412d7e40b9298ea3732e9ede0b887e0f78
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
(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.
(b) Plant shall not include:
(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
(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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.