P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 11.2.23 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

11.2.23. Milkers must wear clean clothing and must wash and sanitize their hands and dry them with a single-use towel so that their hands are always clean during milking operations.

Before milking, a milker must

(1)  ensure that the sides, flanks, tail, belly and udder of each animal are clean;

(2)  collect the first streams of milk from each teat in a receptacle used exclusively for that purpose and examine them before discarding; and

(3)  wash and sanitize the teats with a towel and dry them with a second towel; the towels must not be used for more than one animal during the same milking period.

If milking is performed with an automated milking system, the milker must ensure that the animals are clean. The system must wash and sanitize the teats and discard the first milk streams.

O.C. 741-2008, s. 15.