Sec. 6.17. Sampling

(a) A milk receiver shall obtain a universal sample(s) of the total production from each dairy farm, on each occasion on which milk is picked up. Each universal sample taken shall be promptly delivered to a safe and secure location. A milk receiver shall also obtain a universal sample, or a sample of milk other than a universal sample, from a dairy farm when requested by the commissioner, which sample shall be submitted to the commissioner if and as required by him.

(b) A milk receiver shall properly obtain a temperature control sample which shall be held in a manner such that the milk held therein is the same temperature as the milk held in the universal sample(s) obtained from the dairy farm(s) from which milk was picked up. The temperature of the milk in such temperature control sample shall be determined at approximately the same time that such universal sample(s) is (are) delivered to a safe and secure location. Such temperature shall be recorded along with the name of the milk receiver who took such temperature control sample, the date on which such temperature control sample was taken, the bulk milk pick-up truck identification, and other information required by the commissioner. All such information shall be recorded in a manner approved by the commissioner and shall be maintained for a period of not less than one year.

(c) In the event that milk picked up from a dairy farm is frozen, partially frozen, lumpy, curdled, churned or otherwise abnormal, the milk receiver shall identify the sample vial so that the condition of such milk may be readily discerned.