Section 144.7. Summary record required

(a) The certified tester and the testing facility or laboratory shall compile summary records of component tests performed for producers for the first and second half of each month containing results for at least two evenly spaced representative samples in each half month for each producer. The record must contain the farm sampling date, the laboratory testing date, the laboratory or testing site, the tester identification, the producer identification and the test result for each sample. The record shall be known as the original record or laboratory record and shall be maintained by the tester for at least 2 years. If the tests are performed by a milk dealer licensed by the Board, the milk dealer shall maintain the records of the component content of producers’ milk samples for at least 2 years.

(b) If tests are performed in a commercial laboratory which is not an integral part of the milk plant where the samples were delivered, the licensed dealer or plant shall make available to the Board a copy of the final laboratory records of the component tests in computerized or written form for at least 2 years.

The provisions of this § 144.7 amended January 11, 2013, effective January 12, 2013, 43 Pa.B. 216. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (237851).

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The provisions of this § 144.7 amended under section 307 of the Milk Marketing Law (31 P. S. § 700j-307).