65-775. Adoption of rules and regulations. (a) The secretary may adopt rules and regulations:

(1) Establishing criteria for the sanitary production, processing, handling, sampling, examination, testing, grading and labeling of all milk, milk products and dairy products sold or produced in the state of Kansas;

(2) providing criteria for the inspection of dairy farms, dairy manufacturing plants, plants fabricating single service articles, milk or cream transfer stations, milk or cream receiving stations, milk haulers and milk distributors;

(3) establishing sanitation standards and equipment and utensil standards for dairy farms, dairy manufacturing plants, plants fabricating single service articles, transfer stations, receiving stations, milk haulers and milk distributors;

(4) establishing standards of identity for milk, milk products and dairy products. Such standards shall take into consideration corresponding federal standards of identity where such standards exist;

(5) prescribing for any person regulated under this act any bookkeeping or reporting requirements deemed necessary by the secretary, including the maintenance of records and making such records available to the secretary;

(6) regarding bacterial and coliform standards or other quality standards for milk, milk products, or dairy products; and

(7) establishing specifications for apparatus and chemicals and procedures for sampling, testing and weighing milk, cream, butter and any other milk products or dairy products. These specifications, directions and other technical requirements shall conform, insofar as practical, to the official methods of analysis of the association of official analytical chemists or any other such similar organization.

(b) Any rules and regulations promulgated under this act shall conform, insofar as practicable, to the pasteurized milk ordinance, and the policies adopted by the interstate milk shippers conference.

History: L. 2001, ch. 32, § 5; L. 2002, ch. 181, § 16; July 1.