Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall obtain a permit with a Grade A or a manufactured grade classification from the Secretary before that person may: Bring, send, or receive a milk product into this State for sale; Offer a milk product for sale; Give a milk product away; Store a milk product; or Transport a milk product. A permit is required to: Be a bobtailer; Be a bulk milk hauler/sampler; Be a certified industry dairy farm inspector; Be a milk processor; Be a milk processor – farmstead cheese producer; Be a milk producer; Operate a distribution station; Operate a milk transportation company; Operate a receiving station; or Operate a transfer station. A permit is not required for: A milk producer who is outside the departmental inspection area if the raw milk from that milk producer is processed by a milk processor who holds a permit issued under this subtitle; A bulk milk hauler/sampler who receives raw milk from outside the departmental inspection area; A grocery store, restaurant, soda fountain, or similar establishment where milk products are served or sold at retail if: The establishment complies with all applicable provisions of this subtitle and all applicable rules or regulations adopted under this subtitle; and The milk product is received from a permit holder; or A bulk milk hauler/sampler who is transporting a sealed tanker and not producers’ samples. The Secretary shall designate all permits with one of the following classifications, as required by rules and regulations: Grade A milk; or Manufactured milk.