ORS 621.166
Application for dairy products plant license

  • rules
  • fee
  • mobile milk tanker fees

(1)

As used in this section, “mobile milk tanker” means a tank or other receptacle that attaches to a bulk tank truck or other equipment and is used to transport fluid milk, milk or milk products.

(2)

Application for a dairy products plant license shall be made to the State Department of Agriculture on forms provided by the department. Each license and each annual renewal shall expire on June 30 next following its issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule. Dairy products plant licenses are personal and are not transferable.

(3)

Each dairy products plant shall submit a separate fee established by the department for each mobile milk tanker. The fee does not apply to a mobile milk tanker owned and operated by a dairy products plant while transporting dairy products from the dairy products plant to wholesale or retail outlets for those products.

(4)

The department may adopt rules establishing license fee schedules for:

(a)

Mobile milk tankers; and

(b)

Dairy products plants.

(5)

The department may determine the license fee for a dairy products plant based upon the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the applicant. In establishing the amount of the license fee for an applicant, the department shall use the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by that applicant within Oregon during the prior calendar year or, if the applicant maintains sales and service records on a fiscal basis, the prior fiscal year. If the applicant applying for an original license or for a renewal license cannot provide the annual gross dollar volume of sales or services for a full calendar year, the department shall base the fee on estimated annual gross sales and services by the applicant. If an applicant whose previous year’s fee was determined using an estimated gross sales and services figure applies for renewal of that license, the fee for the previous license year shall be adjusted to reflect the actual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the applicant.

(6)

Except as provided in this subsection, the department may not adopt a rule under this section to establish a license fee that is more than three percent higher than the fee charged during the preceding year for an equivalent mobile milk tanker or for a dairy products plant having the same volume of gross sales and services. When adopting a rule establishing a license fee, notwithstanding the three percent limit, the department may round the fee amount to the next higher whole dollar amount. Fee schedules adopted under this section may not change the amount of the same license fee more frequently than once each year. [1953 c.686 §3; 1967 c.254 §2; 1971 c.769 §5; 1979 c.320 §6; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §9; 1991 c.632 §5; 1999 c.197 §25; 2005 c.735 §§11,12; 2007 c.768 §§27,28; 2012 c.64 §9]
Note: The amendments to 621.166 (Application for dairy products plant license) by section 40, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012, become operative July 1, 2026. See section 45, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012, as amended by section 10, chapter 386, Oregon Laws 2019. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2026, including amendments by section 5, chapter 386, Oregon Laws 2019, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
621.166 (Application for dairy products plant license). (1) As used in this section, “mobile milk tanker” means a tank or other receptacle that attaches to a bulk tank truck or other equipment and is used to transport fluid milk, milk or milk products.

(2)

Application for a dairy products plant license shall be made to the State Department of Agriculture on forms provided by the department. Each license and each annual renewal shall expire on June 30 next following its issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule. Dairy products plant licenses are personal and are not transferable.

(3)

Each dairy products plant shall submit a separate fee established by the department for each mobile milk tanker. The fee does not apply to a mobile milk tanker owned and operated by a dairy products plant while transporting dairy products from the dairy products plant to wholesale or retail outlets for those products.

(4)

The department may adopt rules establishing license fee schedules for:

(a)

Mobile milk tankers; and

(b)

Dairy products plants.

(5)

The department may determine the license fee for a dairy products plant based upon the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the applicant. In establishing the amount of the license fee for an applicant, the department shall use the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by that applicant within Oregon during the prior calendar year or, if the applicant maintains sales and service records on a fiscal basis, the prior fiscal year. If the applicant applying for an original license or for a renewal license cannot provide the annual gross dollar volume of sales or services for a full calendar year, the department shall base the fee on estimated annual gross sales and services by the applicant. If an applicant whose previous year’s fee was determined using an estimated gross sales and services figure applies for renewal of that license, the fee for the previous license year shall be adjusted to reflect the actual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the applicant.

(6)

The department may not adopt or enforce a rule under this section establishing a license fee for a mobile milk tanker that is higher than the license fee charged for the license year that began July 1, 2025, for an equivalent mobile milk tanker. The department may not adopt or enforce a rule under this section establishing a license fee for a dairy products plant that is higher than the license fee charged for the license year that began July 1, 2025, for a dairy products plant having the same volume of gross sales and services. Fee schedules adopted under this section may not change the amount of the same license fee more frequently than once each year.

Source: Section 621.166 — Application for dairy products plant license; rules; fee; mobile milk tanker fees, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html.

621.003
Definitions
621.010
Restraining violations
621.012
Exception for small-scale on-farm sales
621.015
Disposition of license fees
621.018
Entry and use of fluid milk produced outside state
621.056
Employment of grader
621.057
Record of grade of milk
621.058
Milk, fluid milk and dairy product grades, standards, safety and marketability
621.059
Definitions and standards of identity for cheese
621.060
Establishing standards of quality and identity for fluid milk
621.062
Deviation from standard of identity prohibited
621.070
License required to use grade designation
621.072
Issuance of license to use grade designation
621.073
Suspension of grade use privilege
621.076
Container labeling
621.078
Additional users of milk processing plant
621.083
Procedures and equipment for graders
621.084
Weighing, sampling and testing fluid milk
621.088
Sale or possession of milk or cream to which water has been added
621.092
Right of producer to be present at weighing, sampling or testing and to have own tests made
621.093
Liability of licensee for inaccurate weighing, sampling, testing or recording
621.094
Authority of department to take charge of weighing, sampling and testing upon noncompliance
621.096
Regulations regarding weighing, sampling and testing
621.116
Prohibition against retail sale of unpasteurized milk from cows
621.117
Distributor or producer-distributor may sell only milk that is pasteurized or from disease-free goats or sheep
621.122
Prohibitions regarding sales, pasteurization, sampling, weighing, grading and containers
621.124
Milk not to be sold if from diseased animals or from animals that have not been tested or retested for brucellosis
621.161
Operation of dairy products plant without license prohibited
621.166
Application for dairy products plant license
621.169
Additional users of dairy products plant
621.171
Issuance of license
621.176
Standards of construction for plants and facilities
621.181
Standards of sanitation for operation of plants and facilities
621.183
Prohibition against operating plant or facility that does not meet standards
621.193
Standards for farm bulk storage facilities
621.198
Prohibition against use or dealing with user of nonstandard bulk storage facilities
621.203
Condemnation of unfit container and its contents
621.207
Prohibition against unauthorized removal of condemnation tag or marking or use of container or its contents
621.224
Bacterial standards
621.226
Condemnation of unlawful milk, cream, dairy product or fluid milk
621.259
Pasteurization equipment
621.261
Regulations regarding equipment used in pasteurization process
621.266
Pasteurizer operator license
621.276
Licensees to show knowledge of and ability to comply with changes in laws or regulations
621.281
Suspension or revocation of licenses issued under ORS 621.266
621.297
Certification of milk and dairy product testing laboratories
621.300
Use of Ring Test or Whey Test for brucellosis
621.311
Definitions and standards of identity for frozen desserts
621.320
Labeling requirements for frozen desserts
621.335
Licenses to make and sell frozen desserts at wholesale
621.340
Selling frozen dessert with excessive bacteria count prohibited
621.345
Sale or offering for sale of nonconforming product prohibited
621.368
Revocation of licenses
621.369
Possession of frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix as prima facie evidence of intent to sell
621.405
Definitions and standards for condensed or evaporated milk
621.410
Requisites of milk used in manufacture of condensed or evaporated milk
621.418
Standards for imitation milk products
621.435
Substitute or imitation dairy products
621.445
Restrictions on serving colored butter substitute in public eating place
621.720
Testing for milk fat content required
621.730
Department to provide testing
621.740
Liability for payment of fees
621.750
Sampling and testing
621.991
Criminal penalty
621.995
Civil penalties
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