West Virginia Code § 19-11-8

Prohibited acts
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(a) No person may have in his possession with the intent to sell, transport or manufacture
any milk which is adulterated within the meaning of this article.
(b) No person may interfere with or prohibit the commissioner from performing the duties of
his office.
(c) No person may fail to comply with the provisions of an embargo order issued under this
article.
(d) No person may fail to comply with the provisions of a revocation, suspension or denial
order issued under this article.
(e) No person who in any official capacity obtains any ainformation under the provisions of
this article that would be considered trade secrets regarding the quality, source and
disposition of milk may use this information to his olr her own personal gain.
(f) No person may purchase milk in this state on the basis of, or in any manner with
reference to, the weight or measure or the amount of components in the product without a
valid "permit for the purchase of milk" and may not establish the price on the basis of
measurements or tests that have been performed in a dishonest, incompetent, or inaccurate
manner, or falsify the records thereof.
(g) No person may weigh, measure, sample or test milk produced in this state for the
purpose of establishing a purchase price of the product without a valid "milk tester license"
and may not perform these duties in a dishonest, incompetent or inaccurate manner, falsify
the records thereof, or use a testing method unless he has been certified to use that method.
(h) No person may weigh, measure or sample milk produced in this state for the purpose of
establishing a purchase price of the product without a valid "milk weighers and samplers
license" and may not perform these duties in a dishonest, incompetent manner or falsify the
records thereof.
(i) No person may haul milk in or through this state in a tank truck that has previously been
used to haul a chemical or foreign substance unless such tank truck has been cleaned and
sanitized according to the rules promulgated by the commissioner prior to the hauling of
such milk.
(j) No person may sell, offer for sale or expose for sale any milk that is from a herd that does
not meet the requirements for animal health as set by rule under this article.

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