(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall obtain a permit with a Grade A or a manufactured grade classification from the Secretary before that person may: (1) Bring, send, or receive a milk product into this State for sale; (2) Offer a milk product for sale; (3) Give a milk product away; (4) Store a milk product; or (5) Transport a milk product. (b) A permit is required to: (1) Be a bobtailer; (2) Be a bulk milk hauler/sampler; (3) Be a certified industry dairy farm inspector; (4) Be a milk processor; (5) Be a milk processor - farmstead cheese producer; (6) Be a milk producer; (7) Operate a distribution station; (8) Operate a milk transportation company; (9) Operate a receiving station; or (10) Operate a transfer station. (c) A permit is not required for: (1) A milk producer who is outside the departmental inspection area if the raw milk from that milk producer is processed by a milk processor who holds a permit issued under this subtitle; (2) A bulk milk hauler/sampler who receives raw milk from outside the departmental inspection area; (3) A grocery store, restaurant, soda fountain, or similar establishment where milk products are served or sold at retail if: (i) The establishment complies with all applicable provisions of this subtitle and all applicable rules or regulations adopted under this subtitle; and (ii) The milk product is received from a permit holder; or (4) A bulk milk hauler/sampler who is transporting a sealed tanker and not producers' samples. (d) The Secretary shall designate all permits with one of the following classifications, as required by rules and regulations: (1) Grade A milk; or (2) Manufactured milk.
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