CHAPTER 288. DAIRY INDUSTRY DAIRY PRODUCTS Act 169 of 1929 288.1-288.15 Repealed. 1956, Act 216, Eff. July 1, 1957;—1965, Act 233, Eff. June 30, 1966;—1965, Act 385, Eff. June 30, 1966. FLUID MILK ACT OF 1965 Act 233 of 1965 288.21-288.29a Repealed. 1996, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Feb. 27, 1996;—2001, Act 266, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. BREED NAMES OF DAIRY CATTLE Act 139 of 1939 288.41-288.45 Repealed. 1964, Act 256, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964. MILK FAT TEST LAW Act 212 of 1935 288.51-288.60 Repealed. 1984, Act 52, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984;—2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS Act 216 of 1956 288.71-288.83 Repealed. 1965, Act 233, Eff. June 30, 1966;—1965, Act 385, Eff. June 30, 1966. MANUFACTURING MILK ACT Act 222 of 1913 288.101-288.117 Repealed. 1973, Act 201, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1974;—1993, Act 134, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994 ;—1996, Act 361, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1996;—2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. PROCESSING DAIRY PRODUCTS BY STEAM INFUSION Act 91 of 1962 288.121-288.126 Repealed. 1967, Act 22, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967. PASTEURIZATION OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS Act 291 of 1947 288.131-288.137 Repealed. 1967, Act 45, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967. PASTEURIZATION OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS Act 45 of 1967 288.141-288.149 Repealed. 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. PASTEURIZATION OF MILK AND OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS Act 293 of 1945 288.151-288.153 Repealed. 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. Rendered Thursday, September 16, 2021 Page 1 Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 83 of 2021 Courtesy of www.legislature.mi.gov PASTEURIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS Act 93 of 1915 288.161,288.162 Repealed. 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. MICHIGAN FILLED MILK ACT Act 330 of 1945 288.171-288.177 Repealed. 1984, Act 161, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1984. OFFICIAL CREAM TESTER Act 96 of 1919 288.181-288.184 Repealed. 2000, Act 122, Imd. Eff. May 30, 2000. OVERRUN IN MANUFACTURE OF BUTTER; RECORDS Act 155 of 1939 288.201-288.206 Repealed. 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. BUTTER GRADING AND LABELING Act 211 of 1955 288.211-288.217 Repealed. 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. RENOVATED BUTTER Act 243 of 1903 288.221-288.223 Repealed. 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. IMITATION BUTTER Act 22 of 1901 288.241-288.242 Repealed. 1970, Act 93, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1970. OLEOMARGARINE OR MARGARINE Act 63 of 1913 288.251-288.257 Repealed. 1962, Act 76, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963;—2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. BUTTER SUBSTITUTES IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS Act 45 of 1891 288.261,288.262 Repealed. 1985, Act 74, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1985. CHEESE Act 30 of 1923 288.281-288.284 Repealed. 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. MICHIGAN ICE CREAM ACT Act 222 of 1931 288.301-288.315 Repealed. 1961, Act 222, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1961;—1968, Act 298, Eff. July Rendered Thursday, September 16, 2021 Page 2 Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 83 of 2021 Courtesy of www.legislature.mi.gov 1, 1968. FROZEN DESSERTS ACT OF 1968 Act 298 of 1968 288.321-288.334 Repealed. 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. STANDARD MILK BOTTLES Act 154 of 1915 288.351-288.353 Repealed. 1961, Act 234, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1961. OPENING OR INTERFERING WITH MILK BOTTLES Act 257 of 1911 288.371,288.372 Repealed. 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. FARM BULK MILK TANKS Act 124 of 1957 288.381-288.391 Repealed. 1965, Act 385, Eff. June 30, 1966. IMITATION CREAM Act 235 of 1961 288.401-288.406 Repealed. 1985, Act 74, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1985. POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL CONTAMINATION Act 77 of 1977 288.421-288.436 Expired. 1977, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 30, 1982. SILOS TREATED WITH POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS Act 220 of 1983 288.451-288.454 Repealed. 2016, Act 255, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016. Rendered Thursday, September 16, 2021 Page 3 Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 83 of 2021 Courtesy of www.legislature.mi.gov GRADE A MILK LAW OF 2001 Act 266 of 2001 AN ACT to regulate the production, transportation, handling, processing, delivery, and sale of grade A milk and milk products; to define grade A milk and milk products and to establish standards and requirements for grade A milk and milk products; to provide for dairy food safety; to provide for the sampling, sampling analysis, and transportation of milk and milk products; to regulate the labeling, manufacture, distribution, and sale of milk and milk products for the protection of the consuming public and to prevent fraud and deception by prohibiting the misbranding, adulteration, manufacture, distribution, and sale of milk and milk products; to provide for enforcement; to provide for licenses and permits and revocation of licenses and permits; to impose certain fees; to require certain security arrangements of milk plants to ensure the prompt payment of producers; to prescribe powers and duties of certain state departments and officers; to provide for uniform standards and uniform inspection; to provide for promulgation of rules; to provide for certain remedies and penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. History: 2001, Act 266, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. The People of the State of Michigan enact: ARTICLE I 288.471 Short title. Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “grade A milk law of 2001”. History: 2001, Act 266, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002. 288.472 Definitions; A. Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Adulterated" means food or milk to which any of the following apply: (i) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health except that, if the substance is not an added substance, the food or milk is not considered adulterated if the quantity of that substance in the food or milk does not ordinarily render it injurious to health. (ii) It bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance, other than a substance that is a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; a food additive; or a color additive considered unsafe within the meaning of subparagraph (v). (iii) It is a raw agricultural commodity that bears or contains a pesticide chemical considered unsafe within the meaning of subparagraph (v). (iv) It bears or contains any food additive considered unsafe within the meaning of subparagraph (v) provided that where a pesticide chemical has been used in or on a raw agricultural commodity in conformity with an exemption granted or tolerance prescribed under subparagraph (v) and the raw agricultural commodity has been subjected to processing the residue of that pesticide chemical remaining in or on that processed food is, notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (v) and this subdivision, not be considered unsafe if that residue in or on the raw agricultural commodity has been removed to the extent possible in good manufacturing practice and if the concentration of that residue in the processed food when ready to eat is not greater than the tolerance prescribed for the raw agricultural commodity. (v) Any added poisonous or deleterious substance, any food additive, and pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity, or any color additive is considered unsafe for the purpose of application of this definition, unless there is in effect a federal regulation or exemption from regulation under the federal act, meat inspection act, poultry product inspection act, or other federal acts, or a rule adopted under this act limiting the quantity of the substance, and the use or intended use of the substance, and the use or intended use of the substance conforms to the terms prescribed by the rule. (vi) It is or contains a new animal drug or conversion product of a new animal drug that is unsafe within the meaning of section 512 of the federal act, 21 USC 360b. (vii) It consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or it is otherwise unfit for food. (viii) It has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions in which it may have become contaminated with filth or in which it may have been rendered diseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health. (ix) It is the product of a diseased animal or an animal that has died other than by slaughter or that has been fed uncooked garbage or uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse. Rendered Thursday, September 16, 2021 Page 4 Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 83 of 2021 Courtesy of www.legislature.mi.gov (x) Its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to health. (xi) A valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted from the food; a substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the food; damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or a substance has been added to the food or mixed or packed with the food so as to increase its bulk or weight, reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is. (xii) It is confectionery and has partially or completely imbedded in it any nonnutritive object except in the case of any nonnutritive object if, as provided by rules, the object is of practical functional value to the confectionery product and would not render the product injurious or hazardous to health; it bears or contains any alcohol other than alcohol not in excess of 1/2 of 1% by volume derived solely from the use of flavoring extracts; or it bears or contains any nonnutritive substance except a nonnutritive substance such as harmless coloring, harmless flavoring, harmless resinous glaze not in excess of 4/10 of 1%, harmless natural wax not in excess of 4/10 of 1%, harmless natural gum and pectin or to any chewing gum by reason of its containing harmless nonnutritive masticatory substances which is in or on confectionery by reason of its use for some practical functional purpose in the manufacture, packaging, or storage of such confectionery if the use of the substance does not promote deception of the consumer or otherwise result in adulteration or misbranding in violation of the provisions of this act.