MDARD's dairy section grants several licenses. Find information on costs, expiration and application process below:
Dairy Licenses
- Dairy Certified Industry Field Representative: someone who can conduct dairy farm inspections
- Dairy Grade A Plant License: a plant that processes milk or milk products
- Dairy Grade A Producer: someone who sells raw milk for processing
- Dairy Hauler/Sampler: someone who picks up bulk milk at a dairy farm or samples milk at a dairy farm
- Dairy Manufacturing Plant: someone who processes milk or milk products into any manufacturing dairy products
- Dairy Manufacturing Producer: someone who sells raw milk for processing into any manufacturing milk or milk products
- Dairy Milk Transportation Company/Dairy Tanker Truck: someone who owns a bulk milk tank truck
- Dairy Receiving Station: a facility that receives milk for transfer to a dairy plant
- Dairy Single Service: someone who produces single service products
- Dairy Tank Truck Wash: someone who cleans the interiors of bulk milk tankers
- Dairy Transfer Station: a facility that transfers milk to other milk tank trucks for transport
Dairy Resources
- An Overview of the Grade A Milk Dairy Program: Grade "A" milk and milk products such as fluid/bottled milk; cottage cheese; yogurt; milk products including whey and dry milk
- An Overview Of The Manufacturing Milk Dairy Program: Manufactured products such as infant formula, butter, cheese, frozen desserts, or others
- Dairy Manuals: manuals to assist milk producers, milk haulers and milk processors in complying with milk laws
- Administrative Fines: how MDARD may issue administrative fines for repeated, serious, or uncorrected dairy-related violations, along with the notification, review, and compliance processes involved.
- Farm Equipment Installers: Procedures for Farm Equipment Installers
- Established Dairy Farms: Important information for established dairy farms
- New Dairy Farm and Plant Construction Plan Tips: Remodeling or new construction? Information that will be reviewed as part of the process.
- Raw Milk: Health Risks, Regulations, and Guidance
- State Milk Laboratory Evaluation Program: ensuring the state’s dairy supply is safe and high‑quality by accrediting milk labs, certifying analysts, conducting on‑site evaluations, and providing reliable test results that support regulatory actions and protect consumers
- Producer Security Requirements: