21 U.S.C. § 142 : US Code - Section 142: Milk or cream when unfit for importation

Search 21 U.S.C. § 142 : US Code - Section 142: Milk or cream when unfit for importation

Milk or cream shall be considered unfit for importation (1) when
all cows producing such milk or cream are not healthy and a
physical examination of all such cows has not been made within one
year previous to such milk being offered for importation; (2) when
such milk or cream, if raw, is not produced from cows which have
passed a tuberculin test applied by a duly authorized official
veterinarian of the United States, or of the country in which such
milk or cream is produced, within one year previous to the time of
the importation, showing that such cows are free from tuberculosis;
(3) when the sanitary conditions of the dairy farm or plant in
which such milk or cream is produced or handled do not score at
least fifty points out of one hundred points according to the
methods for scoring as provided by the score cards used by the
Bureau of Dairy Industry of the United States Department of
Agriculture at the time such dairy farms or plants are scored; (4)
in the case of raw milk if the number of bacteria per cubic
centimeter exceeds three hundred thousand and in the case of raw
cream seven hundred and fifty thousand, in the case of pasteurized
milk if the number of bacteria per cubic centimeter exceeds one
hundred thousand, and in the case of pasteurized cream five hundred
thousand; (5) when the temperature of milk or cream at the time of
importation exceeds fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
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