LAC 51:VII.357. Grade A Bulk Shipped, Heat-Treated Milk and Milk Products

A. Grade A bulk shipped, heat-treated milk and milk products are the products resulting from Grade A raw milk for pasteurization that have been heat-treated in a dairy plant that is in substantial compliance with all of the requirements for Grade A dairy plants contained in this Code and is bulk shipped in bulk milk transport tanks or totes to other food product plants. The raw milk shall have been heated, one time, to temperatures greater than 52C (125F) but less than 72C (161F) for separation purposes when the resulting shipment(s) of cream, nonfat, reduced fat, low-fat milk are labeled heat-treated. In the case of heat-treated cream, the cream may be heated to less than 75C (166F) in a continuing heating process and immediately cooled to 7C (45F) or less when enzyme deactivation (such as lipase reduction) for functional purposes is required. B. The resulting products shall conform with the standards of identity prescribed in this Part. C. Heat-treated milk and milk products shall conform to the following temperature, bacteriological and chemical standards: 1. temperature: cooled to 7C (45F) or less and maintained thereat; 2. standard plate count: not to exceed 20,000 cfu per ml. or g.; 3. drug residue: no positive results from drug residue detection test methods which have been determined to be appropriate by the state health officer; and, 4. cryoscope reading: not higher than -0.525 Hortvet.