Iowa Code § 195.1 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Dairy animal” means a cow, goat, or sheep that is actively producing milk. 2. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship. 3. “Distribute” means to transfer an item or offer to transfer an item to another person, either free of charge or by sale or exchange. 4. “Milk” means the lacteal secretion of a dairy animal. 5. “Raw milk” means milk that is not pasteurized or graded as otherwise required in chapters 190, 192, and 194. 6. “Raw milk dairy” means an operation, owned or operated by a raw milk producer, where not more than ten dairy animals are maintained to actively produce milk at any one time. 7. “Raw milk dairy product” means a product, other than a milk product, manufactured using milk or a milk product as the primary ingredient, and that includes any quantity of raw milk. 8. “Raw milk producer” means a milk producer who owns or operates a raw milk dairy, if the milk producer makes the election provided in section 195.5. 9. “Raw milk product” means a product manufactured using milk as its exclusive ingredient as described in 21 C.F.R. §1240.3 and that includes any quantity of raw milk. 10. “Recognized bacteria count limit” means the results of a test measuring the presence of bacteria in raw milk at a level that does not exceed the following: a. For a bacteria coliform count, ten colony forming units per milliliter (10 cfu/mL). b. For a standard plate count, twenty-five thousand colony forming units per milliliter (25,000 cfu/mL). 2023 Acts, ch 75, §13