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FOREWORD

This course is designed primarily for state and local milk regulatory personnel
assigned the responsibility for the inspection of Grade “A” dairy farms. The
course is also pertinent to dairy field supervisors, industry consultants, plant
quality control supervisors, military food and milk specialists, and others
involved in the control of food and milk supplies.

The course includes classroom studies and in some cases, field exercises,
which are used to apply the learned principles. Classroom discussions are
encouraged and problem solving sessions are employed during the course.
The participant is given the basics of good farm sanitation practices along with
those basic requirements applicable to each sanitation requirement.

This edition, of the manual, is based on the most current revision of the Grade
“A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO), including applicable memorandums.
All of the raw (r) items in the PMO are covered along with the applicable
Administrative Procedures that explain satisfactory compliance with each
item.

Perhaps one of the most significant aspects of the course is the open
exchange of ideas among the class participants during the week. Although
this manual is not meant to be a replacement for the PMO requirements, it can
be an excellent reference guide for dairy farm sanitarians. It should be used
as a "workbook", which may develop or reinforce familiarity with the
application of each of the requirements.

Reference materials used in the development of this manual were; a) current
edition of the PMO, b) the 3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practices,
and c) numerous Memoranda applicable to the principles and requirements of
sanitation on Grade “A” dairy farms.

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