UTTAR PRADESH MILK ACT, 1976
No: 7 Dated: Apr, 17 1976
UTTAR PRADESH MILK ACT, 1976
-: ACT:-
IT IS HEREBY enacted in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Milk Act, 1976.
(2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification appoint in this behalf, and different dates may be appointed for different areas of Uttar Pradesh and for different provisions of this Act.
2. In this Act,-
(a) "authorised person" and "authorised agency", respectively, mean a person and agency authorised by the Board by notification for any purpose under this Act;
(b) "Board" means the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Dugdh Parishad, constituted by the State Government by notification under section 3;
(c) "dairy" means any premises where machinery is used for cooling, heating or any other treatment of milk or for converting milk into mill products or packaging of milk or milk products;
(d) "Fund" means the Uttar Pradesh Milk Development Fund created under section 9;
(e) "licence" means a Licence issued by the Licensing Authority under this Act;
(f) “Licensing Authority" means an officer authorised by the Milk Commissioner in this behalt;
(g) "manufacturer" means a person or establishment engaged in the manufacture of milk products or in the preparation of items containing milk solids;
(h) "processor" means a person or establishment engaged in the collection or treatment of liquid milk, such as chilling, heating or any other treatment for augmenting the marketable life of milk;
(i) "milk" means lacteal secretion from cow or buffalo;
(j) "Milk Commissioner" means the Milk Commissioner appointed under section 7;