Section 001-329-VII - ANIMAL HEALTHA. Tuberculosis Testing Requirements 1. All milk must be from herds under a tuberculosis eradication program, which meets one (1) of the following conditions:(a) Areas which have Modified Accredited Advanced Tuberculosis (TB) status or higher as determined by the USDA; (b) An area which fails to maintain such status, but the herd meets one of the following: (1) Any herd must have been accredited by USDA; or(2) Must have passed an annual tuberculosis test; or(c) The area must have established a tuberculosis testing protocol for livestock that assures tuberculosis protection and surveillance of the dairy industry within the area and that is approved by FDA, USDA and the Department. 2. Milk from cow, goat, sheep, water buffalo or other hooved mammal herds used for not pasteurized milk and milk products must be from lactating animals which have been tested using USDA approved methods every 3 years for tuberculosis with an allowable maximum grace period not exceeding 2 months.B. Brucellosis Testing Requirements 1. All cattle and bison milk must be from herds under a brucellosis eradication program that meets one (1) of the following conditions: (a) Participates in a milk ring testing program at least two (2) times per year at approximately one hundred eighty (180) day intervals and all herds with positive milk ring tests results must have the entire herd blood tested within thirty (30) days from the date of the laboratory ring tests; (b) Has an annual individual blood agglutination test on all cattle or bison six (6) months of age or older, except steers and spayed heifers. An allowable maximum testing grace period will not exceed two (2) months. 2. Under the Federal USDA Brucellosis Eradication Program, only cattle and bison are covered under the USDA State brucellosis status determination. Other hooved mammals (goats, sheep, water buffalo, etc.) are not covered within the Program and must comply with one of the options cited below.(a) Goat, sheep, water buffalo, or any other hooved mammal except cows for pasteurization and/or not pasteurized milk and milk product production must be from a herd or flock where all lactating females and breeding males are tested and are found to be negative for brucellosis every three (3) years. (b) For herd or flock size, refer to the following table for required sampling size. Herd/Flock Size | Sampling Size | Herd/Flock Size | Sampling Size |
20 | 20 | 500 | 82 |
50 | 41 | 600 | 83 |
100 | 59 | 700 | 84 |
150 | 67 | 800 | 85 |
200 | 72 | 1000 | 86 |
250 | 75 | 1400 | 87 |
300 | 77 | 1800 | 88 |
350 | 79 | 4000 | 89 |
400 | 80 | 10000 | 89 |
450 | 81 | 100000 | 90 |
C. Other Testing Requirements For diseases other than brucellosis and tuberculosis, the Department shall require such physical, chemical or bacteriological tests as it deems necessary. The diagnosis of other diseases in dairy animals shall be based upon the findings of a licensed and accredited veterinarian or an accredited veterinarian in the employ of an official Agency. Any diseased animal disclosed by such test(s) must be disposed of as the Department directs.
D. Records supporting the tests required in this Section must be available to the Department and be validated with the signature of a licensed and accredited veterinarian or an accredited veterinarian in the employ of an official Agency.01-001 C.M.R. ch. 329, § VII