NAC584.2361. Thermometers for milk tanks.

     1. A thermometer must be installed to record, on a chart, the temperature in each bulk milk tank used to cool or store certified raw milk intended for packaging.

     2. A recording thermometer may not be installed on or attached to a tank for storing milk. The thermometer may be suspended on metal brackets from a ceiling or firmly attached to an inside wall of the milkhouse or the wall of the side of the milkhouse on which the passageway is located or at any other location approved by the Commission.

     3. The bulb or other device for sensing the temperature must be located so as to record the temperature of the milk in the tank when the amount of milk in the tank reaches 10 percent of the tank’s volume.

     [Bd. of Health, Raw Milk Reg. §§ 8.13, 8.13.1.1 & 8.13.1.2, eff. 1-7-82]—(NAC A by Dairy Comm’n by R151-01, 12-17-2001, eff. 1-1-2002)