Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 3
Subtitle 15 - FOOD
Chapter 10.15.05 - Manufacture and Sale of Frozen Dairy Foods and Ices Manufactured for Sale in Maryland
Section 10.15.05.21 - Definitions

(1) "Adulterated". Frozen desserts or frozen desserts mix shall be deemed to be adulterated if:

(2) "CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States Government.

(3) "C-I-P" means a procedure by which equipment, pipelines and other facilities are cleaned-in-place in accordance with 3-A Accepted Practices for Permanently Installed Sanitary Product-Pipelines and Cleaning Systems.

(4) "Dispensing freezer" means that type of equipment that freezes reconstituted powdered frozen dessert ingredients or frozen desserts mix into a semi-soft condition for serving to a customer.

(5) "Food service facility" means restaurants, coffee shops, cafeterias, short order cafes, luncheonettes, taverns, sandwich stands, sofa fountains, retail markets, and food operations in industries, institutions, hospitals, clubs, schools, camps, churches, catering kitchens, commissaries, or similar places in which food or drink is prepared for sale or for service on the premises or elsewhere, or any other operation where food is served or provided for the public with or without charge.

(6) "Frozen desserts" means any of the products enumerated in the law, Health-General Article, Title 21, Subtitle 8, and as provided in Regulations .01-1-.20-3 of this chapter.

(7) "Frozen desserts distributor" means any person who offers for sale or sells prepackaged frozen desserts.

(8) "Frozen desserts mix" or "mix" means any frozen dessert in a liquid form, prepared by a frozen desserts plant and intended for freezing before consumption.

(9) "Frozen desserts plant" means any place or premise where frozen desserts or frozen dessert mixes are manufactured, pasteurized, frozen, and packaged.

(10) "Milk products" include milk, cream, and all other products listed under optional dairy ingredients as provided in Regulation .01-1 of this chapter.

(11) "Misbranded". Frozen desserts and frozen desserts mix are misbranded when:

(12) "National Sanitation Foundation" means the National Sanitation Foundation, NSF Building, P.O. Box 1468, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106.

(13) "Pasteurization".

(14) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association.

(15) "Powdered frozen dessert ingredients" means any dry mixture of pasteurized dry milk products, including whey, reduced mineral whey, whey protein concentrate, reduced lactose whey, or optional casseinates, which is intended for reconstitution, freezing, and retail sale by a food service facility.

(16) "Retail frozen desserts manufacturer" means a person who manufactures frozen desserts from commercially supplied pasteurized mix derived from raw milk supplies having acceptable United States Public Health Service (U.S.P.H.S.) ratings, for retail sale directly to the consumer on the premises where manufactured.

(17) "Sanitization" means the application of any effective method or substance to a clean surface for the destruction of pathogens, and of other organisms as far as is practicable. This treatment may not adversely affect the equipment, frozen desserts, or the health of consumers, and shall be acceptable to the Secretary.

(18) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene or his designee.

(19) "3-A Standards" means the standards for dairy equipment and accepted practices formulated by the 3-A Sanitary Standards Committee representing the International Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians, the U.S. Public Health Service, and the Dairy Industry Committee, as published by the Journal of Food Protection, P.O. Box 701, Ames, Iowa 50010.

(20) "Wholesale frozen desserts manufacturer" means a person who manufactures, pasteurizes, packages, or freezes any frozen desserts mix for distribution or sale other than for retail sale directly to the consumer on the premises where manufactured.