Section 775.70  Inspections and Investigations

a)         The Department will inspect and investigate complaints concerning dairy farms, milk plants, cleaning and sanitizing facilities, receiving stations, transfer stations, milk hauler-samplers, or milk tank trucks used to transport milk and milk products under its jurisdiction, for the purpose of determining compliance with the Act and this Part.  (Section 10 of the Act)

b)         When conducting inspections pursuant to Section 5 of the PMO, the Department will use the Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products and Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. (See Section 775.20.)

c)         Written notice of all violations shall be given to the dairy farm, milk plant, cleaning and sanitizing facility, receiving or transfer station, milk hauler-sampler or milk tank truck owner/operator after any inspection or investigation. (Section 10 of the Act)

(Source:  Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 7166, effective May 13, 2013)