General classification rules.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

In determining the classification of producer milk pursuant to § 1000.44, the following rules shall apply: (a) Each month the market administrator shall correct for mathematical and other obvious errors all reports filed pursuant to § __.30 of each Federal milk order and shall compute separately for each pool plant, for each handler described in § 1000.9(c) and § 1135.11 of this chapter, the pounds of skim milk and butterfat, respectively, in each class in accordance with §§ 1000.40 and 1000.42, and paragraph (b) of this section. (b) (1) Shrinkage incurred by pool plants qualified pursuant to § __.7 of any Federal milk order shall be assigned to the lowest-priced class to the extent that such shrinkage does not exceed: (i) Two percent of the total quantity of milk physically received at the plant directly from producers' farms on the basis of farm weights and tests; (ii) Plus 1.5 percent of the quantity of bulk milk physically received on a basis other than farm weights and (iii) Plus .5 percent of the quantity of milk diverted by the plant operator to another plant on a basis other than farm weights and tests; and (iv) Minus 1.5 percent of the quantity of bulk milk transferred to other plants, excluding concentrated milk transferred by agreement for other than Class I use. (2) A handler described in § 1000.9(c) or § 1135.11 of this chapter that delivers milk to plants on a basis other than farm weights and tests shall receive a lowest-priced-class shrinkage allowance of .5 p

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1000.43