Raw Milk Production and Transportation Regulations (N.S. Reg. 132/2019).

These regulations apply to all producers, transporters and processors of raw milk. They establish requirements for building and equipment used for storage, cooling, transfer and transportation of raW milk. The Regulations also lay down the discipline of handling raw milk; a person must not contaminate raw milk or remove any substance from raw milk before the raw milk is received by a processor. Also raw milk taken from dairy animals of 2 or more species must not be mixed before the milk is received by a processor. Marketing of raw milk taken from a dairy animal must is prohibited: (a) from 15 days before the date the dairy animal is expected to give birth, up to and including 3 days after it gives birth; (b) when colostrum or blood is present in the raw milk; (c) if the dairy animal is being treated with a veterinary drug, the withholding period for the drug as identified on the label of the drug or as specified by a veterinarian. Colostrum must not be marketed for human consumption and for non human consumption the Regulations establish limitation. As establish by these REgulations only a grader may transfer raw milk; “transfer”, in relation to raw milk, means to move the raw milk from a farm bulk tank to a transport vehicle or an on-farm processing plant. Before transferring raw milk a bulk milk grader must measure the temperature of the raw milk. The Regulations establish mandatory rejection criteria for the purpose of an examination of raw milk under section 81; marketing graded rejected milk is prohibited. Sampling also finds discipline.