Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance
2003 Revision

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• List of Previous Editions of USPHS/FDA Milk Ordinance
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Table of Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
• Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (Grade "A" PMO)--2003 Revision
  1. Section 1. Definitions
  2. Section 2. Adulterated or Misbranded Milk or Milk Products
  3. Section 3. Permits
  4. Section 4. Labeling
  5. Section 5. Inspection of Dairy Farms and Milk Plants
  6. Section 6. The Examination of Milk and Milk Products
  7. Section 7. Standards For Grade "A" Milk and Milk Products
     • Standards For Grade "A" Raw Milk For Pasteurization, Ultra-Pasteurization or Aseptic Processing
       1. Item 1r. Abnormal Milk
       2. Item 2r. Milking Barn, Stable or Parlor - Construction
       3. Item 3r. Milking Barn, Stable or Parlor - Cleanliness
       4. Item 4r. Cowyard
       5. Item 5r. Milkhouse - Construction and Facilities
       6. Item 6r. Milkhouse - Cleanliness
       7. Item 7r. Toilet
       8. Item 8r. Water Supply
       9. Item 9r. Utensils and Equipment - Construction
       10. Item 10r. Utensils and Equipment - Cleaning
       11. Item 11r. Utensils and Equipment - Sanitization
       12. Item 12r. Utensils and Equipment - Storage
       13. Item 13r. Milking - Flanks, Udders and Teats
       14. Item 14r. Protection From Contamination
       15. Item 15r. Drug and Chemical Control
       16. Item 16r. Personnel - Handwashing Facilities
       17. Item 17r. Personnel - Cleanliness
       18. Item 18r. Raw Milk Cooling
       19. Item 19r. Insect and Rodent Control
     • Standards For Grade "A" Pasteurized, Ultra-Pasteurized and Aseptically Processed Milk and Milk Products
       1. Item 1p. Floors - Construction
       2. Item 2p. Walls and Ceilings - Construction
       3. Item 3p. Doors and Windows
       4. Item 4p. Lighting and Ventilation
       5. Item 5p. Separate Rooms
       6. Item 6p. Toilet-Sewage Disposal Facilities
       7. Item 7p. Water Supply
       8. Item 8p. Handwashing Facilities
       9. Item 9p. Milk Plant Cleanliness
       10. Item 10p. Sanitary Piping
       11. Item 11p. Construction and Repair of Containers and Equipment
       12. Item 12p. Cleaning and Sanitizing of Containers and Equipment
       13. Item 13p. Storage of Cleaned Containers and Equipment
       14. Item 14p. Storage of Single-Service Containers, Utensils and Materials
       15. Item 15p. Protection From Contamination
       16. Item 16p. Pasteurization and Aseptic Processing
       17. Item 16p.(A) Batch Pasteurization
       18. Item 16p.(B) High-Temperature-Short-Time (HTST) Continuous-Flow Pasteurization
       19. Item 16p.(C) Aseptic Processing Systems
       20. Item 16p.(D) Pasteurizers and Aseptic Processing Systems Employing Regenerative Heating
           • Milk or Milk Product-To-Milk or Milk Product Regenerative Heating
           • Milk or Milk Product-To-Water To-Milk or Milk Product Regenerative Heating
       21. Item 16p.(E) Pasteurization and Aseptic Processing Records, Equipment Tests and Examinations
       22. Item 17p. Cooling of Milk and Milk Products
       23. Item 18p. Bottling, Packaging and Container Filling
       24. Item 19p. Capping, Container Closure and Sealing and Dry Milk Product Storage
       25. Item 20p. Personnel - Cleanliness
       26. Item 21p. Vehicles
       27. Item 22p. Surroundings
  8. Section 8. Animal Health
  9. Section 9. Milk and Milk Products Which May Be Sold
  10. Section 10. Transferring; Delivery Containers; Cooling
  11. Section 11. Milk and Milk Products From Points Beyond the Limits of Routine Inspection
  12. Section 12. Plans For Construction and Reconstruction
  13. Section 13. Personnel Health
  14. Section 14. Procedure When Infection or High Risk of Infection is Discovered
  15. Section 15. Enforcement
  16. Section 16. Penalty
  17. Section 17. Repeal and Date of Effect
  18. Section 18. Separability Clause
• Footnotes
  
  
• Appendix A. Animal Disease Control
• Appendix B. Milk Sampling, Hauling and Transportation
  1. Milk Sampling and Hauling Procedures
  2. Milk Tank Truck Permitting and Inspection
• Appendix C. Dairy Farm Construction Standards and Milk Production
  1. Toilet and Sewage Disposal Facilities
  2. Guideline #45 - Gravity Flow Gutters For Manure Removal In Milking Barns
  3. Convalescent (Maternity) Pens In Milking Barns and Stables
  4. Guidelines For Conventional Stall Barn With Gutter Grates Over Liquid Manure Storage
  5. Dairy - Construction and Operation
     • Milking Barn, Stable or Parlor
     • Milkhouse
     • Milking Methods
     • Reverse Flush Systems
     • Drug Residue Avoidance Control Measures
     • Insect and Rodent Control
• Appendix D. Standards For Water Sources
  1. Location of Water Sources
  2. Construction
  3. Disinfection of Water Sources
  4. Continuous Water Disinfection
  5. Water Reclaimed From Milk and Milk Products
  6. Water Reclaimed From Heat Exchanger Processes
  7. Drawings of Construction Details For Water Sources
• Appendix E. Examples of 3-Out-of-5 Compliance Enforcement Procedures
• Appendix F. Sanitization
  1. Methods of Sanitization
  2. Evaporating, Drying and Dry Product Equipment Cleaning
• Appendix G. Chemical and Bacteriological Tests
  1. Private Water Supplies and Recirculated Water - Bacteriological
  2. Pasteurization Efficiency - Field Phosphate Test
  3. Phosphatase Reactivation In HTST Pasteurized Products
  4. Detection of Pesticides In Milk
  5. Detection of Drug Residues In Milk
  6. Analysis of Milk and Milk Products For Vitamin A and D₃ Content
• Appendix H. Pasteurization Equipment and Procedures
  1. HTST Pasteurization
  2. Air For Drying Equipment and Air Under Pressure - Direct Contact With Milk and Milk Products and Milk Product - Contact Surfaces
  3. Culinary Steam - Milk and Milk Products
  4. Thermometer Specifications
  5. Criteria For The Evaluation of Computerized Systems For Grade 'A' Public Health Controls
  6. Criteria For Steam-Block Type FDD Systems
  7. Milk and Milk Products HACCP CCP Models For Pasteurization Equipment
• Appendix I. Pasteurization Equipment and Controls - Tests
  1. Testing Apparatus Specifications
  2. Test Procedures
• Appendix J. Standards For The Fabrication of Single-Service Containers and Closures For Milk and Milk Products
  0. Preface
  1. Purpose and Scope
  2. Definitions
  3. Bacterial Standards and Examination of Single-Service Containers and Closures
  4. Fabrication Plant Standards
     1. Floors
     2. Walls and Ceilings
     3. Doors and Windows
     4. Lighting and Ventilation
     5. Separate Rooms
     6. Toilet Facilities - Sewage Disposal
     7. Water Supply
     8. Handwashing Facilities
     9. Plant Cleanliness
     10. Locker and Lunchrooms
     11. Disposal of Wastes
     12. Personnel - Practices
     13. Protection From Contamination
     14. Storage of Materials and Finished Product
     15. Fabricating Equipment
     16. Materials For Construction of Containers and Closures
     17. Waxes, Adhesives, Sealants, Coatings and Inks
     18. Handling of Containers and Equipment
     19. Wrapping and Shipping
     20. Identification and Records
     21. Surroundings
  5. Criteria For Listing Certified Single-Service Manufacturers In The IMS List
• Appendix K. HACCP Program
  1. The HACCP System Introduction
  2. Implementation of A HACCP System
  3. Training and Standardization
  4. HACCP Audits and Follow-Up Actions
• Appendix L. Applicable Regulations, Standards of Identity For Milk and Milk Products and The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
• Appendix M. Reports and Records
• Appendix N. Drug Residue Testing and Farm Surveillance
  1. Industry Responsibilities
  2. Regulatory Agency Responsibilities
  3. Testing Program For Drug Residues Established
  4. Established Tolerances and/or Safe Levels of Drug Residues
  5. Approved Methods
• Appendix O. Vitamin Fortification of Fluid Milk Products
• Appendix P. Performance-Based Dairy Farm Inspection System
• Appendix Q. Operation of Automatic Milking Installations For The Production of Grade "A" Raw Milk For Pasteurization
• Index

ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Figure 1. Side Cross Section of a Gravity Flow Gutter
2. Figure 2. Stepped Gravity Flow Gutter
3. Figure 3. Cross Section of a Typical Gutter and Grate
4. Figure 4. Manure Transfer to Storage
5. Figure 5. Side Cross Section of a Convalescent Pen
6. Figure 6. Schematic Diagram Showing Suggested Exhaust Fan Locations for a Typical Stall Dairy Barn with Gutter Grates Over Liquid Manure Storage
7. Figure 7. Schematic Diagram Showing General Pattern of Ventilation Air Movement, Slot Inlet Design and Fan House for Pit Fans
8. Figure 8. Bored Well with Driven Well Point
9. Figure 9. Drilled Well with Submersible Pump
10. Figure 10. Dug Well with Two-Pipe Jet Pump Installation
11. Figure 11. Pumphouse
12. Figure 12. Spring Protection
13. Figure 13. Pond
14. Figure 14. Schematic Diagram of a Pond Water-Treatment System
15. Figure 15. Cistern
16. Figure 16. Typical Concrete Reservoir
17. Figure 17. Pit-less Adapter with Submersible Pump Installation for Basement Storage
18. Figure 18. Clamp-on Pit-less Adaptor with Concentric External Piping for "Shallow Well" Pump Installation
19. Figure 19. Pit-less Unit with Concentric External Piping for Jet Pump Installation
20. Figure 20. Weld-on Pit-less Adapter with Concentric External Piping for "Shallow Well" Pump Installation
21. Figure 21. Well Seal for Jet Pump Installation
22. Figure 22. Well Seal for Submersible Pump Installation
23. Figure 23. Typical Valve and Box, Manhole Covers, and Piping Installation
24. Figure 24. Suction Feeder
25. Figure 25. Positive Displacement Chlorinator
26. Figure 26. Milk-to-Milk Regeneration - Homogenizer Upstream from Holding Tube
27. Figure 27. Milk-to-Milk Regeneration - Booster Pump
28. Figure 28. Milk-to-Milk Regeneration - Homogenizer and Vacuum Chambers Downstream from Flow-Diversion Device
29. Figure 29. HTST System with a Magnetic Flow Meter Using a Constant Speed Centrifugal Pump and a Control Valve
30. Figure 30. HTST System with a Magnetic Flow Meter Using an A-C Variable Speed Centrifugal Pump
31. Figure 31. Controls for Steam Injection Pasteurizer
32. Figure 32. Individual Compression-Type Air Supply
33. Figure 33. Central Compression-Type Air Supply
34. Figure 34. Individual Blower-Type Air Supply
35. Figure 35. Individual Fan-Type Air Supply
36. Figure 36. Rotating Mandrel Assembly
37. Figure 37. Culinary Steam Piping Assembly for Steam Infusion or Injection
38. Figure 38. Culinary Steam Piping Assembly for Airspace Heating or Defoaming
39. Figure 39. Logic Diagram: Flow-Diversion Device, Divert Valve Stem
40. Figure 40. Logic Diagram: Flow-Diversion Device, Leak-Detect Valve Stem
41. Figure 41. Logic Diagram: Safety Thermal Limit Recorder-Controller
42. Figure 42. Logic Diagram: Timing Pump
43. Figure 43. Logic Diagram: Booster Pump
44. Figure 44. Pressure Switch Setting
45. Figure 45. Vitamin Fortification

TABLES

1. Table 1. Chemical, Physical, Bacteriological, and Temperature Standards
2. Table 2. Combinations of Causticity, Time and Temperature, of Equal Bactericidal Value, for the Soaker Tank of Soaker-Type Bottle Washers
3. Table 3. Pasteurization Temperature vs. Time
4. Table 4. Equipment Tests - Batch, HTST, HHST and Aseptic Processing Systems
5. Table 5. Removal of Restrictions when Infection or High Risk of Infection is Discovered
6. Table 6. Slot Size vs. Cattle Age
7. Table 7. Gravity Flow Gutter Depth vs. Length for Manure from Lactating Animals
8. Table 8. Step Height vs. Length for Stepped Gravity Flow Gutters
9. Table 9. Work Water Volume of Various Sized Pipelines
10. Table 10. Distance of a Well from Sources of Contamination
11. Table 11. Example of Enforcement Procedures for Pasteurized Milk Laboratory Examinations
12. Table 12. Example of Enforcement Procedures for Raw Milk Laboratory Examinations
13. Table 13. Sieve Sizes and Designations
14. Table 14. Holding Tube Length - HHST Pasteurizers - Indirect Heating
15. Table 15. Holding Tube Length - HHST Pasteurizers - Direct Heating