Dairy Certification / Warehouse / Cold Storage

For our inquiries about a Dairy cert, we do not know the size of the packaging or type of dairy product we will be receiving. We were wondering if a specific license is required for a warehouse. We currently don't have any customers to whom we can provide this service. Our goal is to be able to store different types of dairy products, not only milk, as a 3rd party cold storage / warehouse facility. We will only store the product for clients, not to manufacture, export or process the product as we will not take ownership of the product.  

Hi Nicole,

Where will these dairy products come from? Where will they go from your facility? 

Hello, we are an export and Import inspection facility ( USDA/FSIS), product can come from multiple countries. Our intent with the product is only to store it under controlled temperatures in our freezer facilities. We will be considered 3rd party storage, we do no take ownership or process the product at any step. Once it leaves our facility it will most like go for retail/wholesale. Transportation is also not our responsibility, customer use their own brokers. For delivery and pick up.  we are and

Inspection I-House for USDA and we also have a cosmetic license. We specialize in meat, storage, de-box, tempering and fat testing. 

1. USDA said they don't provide such certification for storage / warehousing and to contact FDA. 

2. FDA said we need to be added to the FDA inventory and inspection inventory and also get registered with the state. ( I think they misunderstood our process and think we are/want to be a dairy plant) 

3. Department of health- division of Dairy project said: If we wish to store or cross dock retail/consumer packaged pasteurized milk products then you are permitted to do this under the firm’s Wholesale Food and Cosmetic License.