7 CFR § 1000.4 - Plant.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1000.4"
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title: "7 CFR § 1000.4 - Plant."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1000.4"
section_name: "Plant."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MILK), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1000"
part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674, and 7253."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 47899, Sept. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1000"
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# 1000.4 Plant.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, *plant* means the land, buildings, facilities, and equipment constituting a single operating unit or establishment at which milk or milk products are received, processed, or packaged, including a facility described in paragraph (b)(2) of this section if the facility receives the milk of more than one dairy farmer.

(b) Plant shall not include:

(1) A separate building without stationary storage tanks that is used only as a reload point for transferring bulk milk from one tank truck to another or a separate building used only as a distribution point for storing packaged fluid milk products in transit for route disposition; or

(2) An on-farm facility operated as part of a single dairy farm entity for the separation of cream and skim or the removal of water from milk.