I read through the
Chapter 901:12-13 of the Administrative Code and came across this in the definition section as to what a Dairy Farm is: "(B) Dairy farm and farm mean a place or premise where one or more lactating animals (cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, or other hooved mammals) are kept for milking purposes and from which a part of all of the milk or milk products are provided, sold, or offered for sale to a manufacturing plant receiving station, or transfer station."
Looks like it would apply only tho those intending on selling milk or milk products. They define dairy products as: "(D) Dairy product means butter, natural cheese, processed cheese, dry whole milk, nonfat dry milk, dry buttermilk, dry whey, evaporated whole milk evaporated skim milk, condensed whole milk and plain condensed skim milk, sweetened condensed skim milk, and such other products,
for human consumption, as may be otherwise designated."
*emphasis mine*
Milking for your family's consumption or for feeding your livestock looks exempt. However...
selling cheese, kefir, yogurt, would not be. Doesn't look like selling colostrum would be a problem either....yet. Given enough time Big Brother will start sticking his nose in your business.
I did find this
revised code from Feb 2011 ...would be nice to have all the codes and revisions in one document...guess they keep it separate to confuse folks. Confused folks are more likely to have made a "mistake" and be subject to their fines and fees. There's a LOT of $$ to be made by the gubberment....
"(F) Penalties for Minor Violations
The department may assess a civil penalty up to
five hundred dollars for the first minor
offense and
up to one thousand dollars for each subsequent minor offense that is committed within 60 months of the previous minor violation.
(G) Penalties for Major Violations
(1) The department may assess a civil penalty of
one thousand dollars up to five thousand dollars for the first major violation. The department may assess a civil penalty of
five thousand dollars up to ten thousand dollars for each subsequent major violation that is committed within 60 months of the previous major violation."
*again, emphasis mine*
Now that's a racket!!
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