If the cows are milked, and the milk is stored in refrigerated storage tanks at the dairy farm to be
picked up by a milk tanker for processing, the dairy farm is not required to register, because the
milking of cows and storing of milk are activities that fall within the definition of “farm” in 21
CFR 1.227. FDA considers milking of cows to be “harvesting” when applied to animals, because
it is akin to harvesting crops. However, if the dairy farm manufactures/processes the milk, for
example, by pasteurizing it, and all milk used in such activities is not consumed on that farm or
another farm under the same management, the dairy farm would be a mixed-type facility and
would have to register.