Chemical, Physical, Bacteriological, and Temperature Standards

The items listed in 105 CMR 500.083: Table 1 shall comply with the standards specified. TABLE 1 (A) Grade "A" raw milk for pasteurization for use for butter or cheese (not frozen desserts) Drug residues No positive results as specified in administrative guidelines of the Department Pesticide residues No positive results Freezing point 0.530 H maximum (B) Grade "A" raw milk for pasteurization for use for frozen desserts Bacterial limits Not to exceed 100,000 per ml for individual supplies. Not to exceed 300,000 per ml for commingled milk. Somatic cell count Not to exceed 750,000 per ml Drug residues No positive results as specified in administrative guidelines of the Department Pesticide residues No positive results (C) Butter, whipped butter % Butterfat Not less than 80% Temperature Maintained at a temperature of 45°F (7.2°C) or less when in storage Proteolytic count Not more than 50 per gram Yeast and mold Not more than ten per gram Coliform count Not more than ten per gram Keeping quality Satisfactory after seven days at 70°F (21°C) (D) Pasteurized milk, cream, and other fluid dairy products for use for frozen desserts Bacterial limit Not to exceed 20,000 per ml Coliform count Not to exceed ten per gram, except in the case of bulk milk transport tank shipments not to exceed 100 per ml. Storage temperature No higher than 45°F (7.2°C) (E) Frozen dessert mix Bacterial limit 30,000 per ml Coliform count Not to exceed ten per gram, except in the case of bulk milk transport tank shipments not to exceed 100 per ml. Storage temperature No higher than 45°F (7.2°C), except that sterile or aseptic mix has no storage temperature requirement. (F) Frozen desserts Bacterial limit 30,000 per ml Coliform count Other than soft-serve: not to exceed 20 per gram Soft-serve: not to exceed 50 per gram Storage temperature No higher than 10°F (-12°C) Milkfat Standards listed in 21 CFR Part 135 (G) Private water supplies for milk pasteurization plants; Recirculated cooling water (sweet water);Glycol for cooling Coliform count than 1.1 per 100 ml as MPN or equivalent method less than 1 per 100 ml Supplemental Regulations for the Manufacture, Collection, Bottling, and Labeling of Bottled Water and Carbonated Non-alcoholic Beverages