Dairy Processor Application

  • Introduction
  • SECTION 1: APPLICANT INFORMATION
  • SECTION 2: REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
  • SECTION 3: TERMS AND AGREEMENTS
  • Complete
The New York State Grown & Certified program makes it easy for consumers to identify local, safely handled, and environmentally responsible agricultural products. This voluntary program is a cooperative effort among producers, processors, wholesalers, retailers, restaurants, and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets to meet consumer demand for high-quality food and agricultural products. Upon acceptance to the New York State Grown & Certified program, participants will be able to display a new high-impact label that will clearly stand out, telling the consumer their food handling practices are audited and they operate their farms in an environmentally responsible manner.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
  • Applicability: Majority of milk is (or milk suppliers are) from New York farms.
  • Food Safety: Dairy processing plant is in compliance with the required Plant Processor Supervisor (PPS) training, the plant demonstrates successful participation in a third-party food safety or safe food handling program with an annual on-site audit. On-farm processors can provide verification of participation in a safe food handling or processing training program, such as those offered by Cornell University in lieu of third party certification.
  • Environmental Stewardship: A majority of the milk is from producers that participate in the New York State Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) program, administered by the Department of Agriculture and Markets, with the completion of Tier 2 of the program (or higher) or are CAFO permit holders. Producers must have received one of these certifications within the past three years.
Ineligible for this program: Products from out-of-state plants, raw milk permit holders, New York State processors that source a majority of ingredients outside New York State.