Section 46-A. Regulations  


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  • The  commissioner  shall,  after public hearing,
      promulgate definitions and standards for milk and milk products, and for
      products other than milk and milk products, which products  are  similar
      in  appearance,  odor  or taste to milk and milk products, together with
      rules and regulations  for  the  packaging  and  labeling  of  all  such
      products,  and other conditions relating to the manufacture, processing,
      packaging,  distribution  and  sale  of  all  such  products   including
      sanitation    pertaining    to    manufacture,   processing,   handling,
      distribution,   surroundings,   grounds,   equipment,   personnel    and
      pasteurization  of  such  products.  Such regulations shall apply to all
      sources including farms where such milk is produced. A copy of all  such
      rules  and  regulations  governing  sanitation  shall be provided to the
      state commissioner of health fifteen days prior to the  public  hearing.
      The   commissioner   is   further  empowered  to  promulgate  rules  and
      regulations by which milk may be standardized, including the  plants  at
      which   such   standardization   may   be  done  and  may  provide  that
      standardization may be done only at plants which are duly  licensed  and
      specifically    approved   by   the   commissioner   to   perform   such
      standardization.  The  commissioner  may  provide  in  such  rules   and
      regulations   for   different   standards   and  labeling  for  products
      manufactured within the state and sold out of state.