Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
133 - The Production, Handling and Distribution of Milk and Milk Products Certified Milk
Sanitation and Quality Standards for the Production, Processing, Storage, Handling and Distribution of Milk for Pasteurization and Pasteurized Milk or Milk Products
Section 22-133-127 - Retail raw milk, filling, capping and container. Standards
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 22-133-127
Current through September 9, 2024
(a) Retail raw milk producers with a daily production of two hundred fifty pounds (250) or less shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) All workers
filling and capping shall wear hair covering and wash hands immediately prior
to starting the filling operation;
(2) Multiple use containers shall be washed,
sanitized and drained no more than four hours prior to filling. Washing and
sanitizing may be done in a three compartment sink or other apparatus
acceptable to the commissioner;
(3)
Single service caps shall be sanitized immediately prior to use;
(4) Filling shall be done using suitable
stainless steel piping equipped with a positive shutoff valve. No dipping or
ladling is permitted;
(5) During
filling, the pouring lip of the container shall be protected from overhead
contamination by the use of a drip deflector installed on the filling
device;
(6) The exterior of filled
and capped containers shall be rinsed with potable water or potable water
treated with a sanitizer;
(7) Each
filled container shall have the label affixed and the last sale date stamped or
otherwise applied to the container before being transferred to a cooler or
customer;
(8) Wet storage of filled
containers is not permitted; and
(9) The storage and construction of caps and
containers shall conform to section
22-133-115(a)
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) Retail raw producers with a daily production of greater than two hundred fifty pounds (250) shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) Filling and
capping shall be done in a sanitary manner using a mechanical device approved
by the commissioner;
(2) All
workers filling and capping shall wear hair covering and wash hands immediately
prior to starting the filling operation;
(3) Multiple use containers shall be washed,
sanitized and drained no more than four hours prior to filling. Washing and
sanitizing may be done in a three compartment sink or other apparatus
acceptable to the commissioner;
(4)
The pouring lip of the container shall be protected from overhead
contamination;
(5) The exterior of
filled and capped containers shall be rinsed with potable water or potable
water treated with a sanitizer;
(6)
Each filled container shall have the label affixed and the last sale date
stamped or otherwise applied to the container before being transferred to a
cooler or customer;
(7) Wet storage
of filled containers is not permitted; and
(8) The storage and construction of caps and
containers shall conform to section
22-133-115(a)
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
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