Michigan Laws 288.734 – Evaporated, condensed, or sterilized dairy products; systems and equipment requirements
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(1) A person that manufactures, processes, or packages evaporated, condensed, or sterilized dairy products shall ensure that the equipment and utensils used for processing and packaging evaporated, condensed, or sterilized dairy products comply with section 135 through 143 and each of the following requirements:
(a) All equipment used in the removal of moisture from milk or dairy products for the purpose of concentrating the solids meets sanitary standards.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 288.734
- Department: means the Michigan department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 288.572
- Milk: means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of 1 or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other dairy animals. See Michigan Laws 288.574
- Person: means an individual, partnership, company, limited liability company, cooperative, association, firm, trustee, educational institution, state or local government unit, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 288.576
- Retail: means selling or offering for sale dairy products directly to a consumer. See Michigan Laws 288.576
- Sanitary standards: means the dairy equipment construction standards or accepted dairy system operating practices formulated by 1 of the following:
(i) 3-A sanitary standards committees representing the international association for food protection, the United States public health service, the United States department of agriculture, and the dairy industry committee. See Michigan Laws 288.577Scheduled process: means the aseptic process selected by the processor as adequate under the conditions of manufacture for a given product to be free of viable microorganisms having a public health significance as well as microorganisms of nonhealth significance capable of reproducing in the food under normal nonrefrigerated conditions. See Michigan Laws 288.577 seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
(b) Gravity and vacuum-type fillers are of sanitary design and, except as provided in subdivision (c), all product contact surfaces, if metal, are made of stainless steel or an equally corrosion resistant material approved by the department.
(c) Nonmetallic product contact surfaces meet standards established or approved by the department.
(d) Fillers are designed to prevent contamination of, or detraction from, the quality of the product being packaged.
(e) Batch or continuous in-container sterilizers are equipped with accurate temperature controls and effective valves for regulating the sterilization process and the equipment is maintained to assure control of the length of time of processing, and to minimize the number of damaged containers.
(2) If applicable, a person who owns or operates a plant described in section 140 or 141 shall use homogenizers to reduce the size of fat particles and to evenly disperse those particles in the product and ensure that each homogenizer meets sanitary standards.
(3) Pasteurization shall be performed by systems and equipment meeting the requirements identified in section 139.
(4) A person shall fill and hermetically seal containers with product in a sanitary manner, and ensure that each container does not contaminate or detract from the quality of the product.
(5) A person shall ensure that bulk containers or retail containers for unsterilized product meet department standards to protect a product in storage or transit. Each bulk container, including bulk tankers, shall be cleaned and sanitized before filling and filled and closed in a sanitary manner.
(6) A previously sterilized product shall be filled under conditions which prevent contamination of the product by living organisms or spores. Prior to being filled, a container shall be sterilized and maintained in a sterile condition. A filled container shall be sealed in a manner that prevents contamination of the product.
(7) All sterilized or aseptically processed product must comply with the requirements set forth by the scheduled process and the food and drug administration under 21 C.F.R. part 113.