§ 59.103. Milking barn, stable or parlor—cleanliness.
The interior of the milking barn, stable, or parlor shall meet the following standards of cleanliness:
(1) The interior of such facilities shall be kept clean.
(2) Leftover feed in feed mangers shall appear fresh and shall not be wet or soggy.
(3) The bedding material, if used, shall not contain more manure than has accumulated since the previous milking.
(4) Outside surfaces of pipeline systems located in the milking barn, stable, or parlor shall be reasonably clean.
(5) Gutter cleaners shall be reasonably clean.
(6) All pens, calf stalls, and bull pens—if not separated from the milking barn, stable, or parlor—shall be clean.
(7) Swine and fowl shall be kept out of the milking barn.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 59.31 (relating to inspection of dairy farms); and 7 Pa. Code § 59.302 (relating to raw milk).
No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.
This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Code full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.