Milk House Water Quality Regulations (N.S. Reg. 166/2006)

Milk House Water Quality Regulations made under clause 9(q) and Section 11 of the Dairy Industry Act S.N.S. 2000, c. 24 N.S. Reg. 166/2006 (August 14, 2006, effective August 1, 2006) as amended by N.S. Reg. 304/2007 (June 13, 2007) Citation 1 The regulations may be cited as the Milk House Water Quality Regulations. Interpretation 2 In these regulations, “milk house” means a building or structure (a) in which milk is cooled or stored; or (b) that contains milking equipment. Water quality requirements 3 Water that is used to clean equipment and building surfaces in a milk house must meet all of the following quality requirements: (a) it must be delivered through a plumbing system that is safe for delivering potable water; (b) when tested, it must contain less than 1 colony forming units (cfu)/100 mls Escherichia coli bacteria; Clause 3(b) amended: N.S. Reg. 304/2007. (c) when tested, it must test less than 10 colony forming units (cfu)/100mls total coliform bacteria. Clause 3(c) amended: N.S. Reg. 304/2007. Laboratory must perform tests 4 Tests referred to in Section 3 must be conducted by a nationally accredited laboratory.