Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) As used in
chapter 8, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a) "Arabic numerals" are
defined as numbers (not spelled out) such as 3/20 or 12/31.
(b) A "day" is defined as any 24-hour period
beginning when pasteurization of a unit of milk is completed.
(c) "Milk" is defined as whole milk, reduced
fat milk, lowfat milk, fat free milk, artificially flavored milk, whipping
cream, half and half and/or any other pasteurized liquid milk product designed
to be consumed in the form in which it is packaged, except buttermilk, eggnog,
and ultra-pasteurized or aseptic processed milk products.
(d) "Pasteurized date" is the same date a
unit of milk completes pasteurization.
(e) A "sell-by" date is defined as the 12th
consecutive day, never to exceed 288 hours, following pasteurization of a unit
of milk.
(f) "Standard
abbreviations" are defined as a date code such as MAR 31, or NOV 12.
(g) A "unit of milk" is a quantity of milk
that is pasteurized during one pasteurization processing cycle.
(2) The Department of Livestock
adopts and incorporates by reference as rules of the department the following :
(a) "Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, 2019
Recommendations of the United States Public Health Service/Food and Drug
Administration" (PMO) together with attached recommended administrative
procedures, appendices, and index, except sections 16 and 17.
(b) "Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of
Milk Supplies," 2019 edition issued by the U.S. Public Health Service/Food and
Drug Administration (MMSR).
(c)
"Evaluation of Milk Laboratories," 2019 edition (EML).
(d) "Procedures Governing the Cooperative
State-Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration Program for
Certification of Interstate Milk Shippers," 2019 edition.
(3) These model codes and associated
documents prescribe allowable methods of producing and processing Grade A milk
and milk products and the methods by which compliance with the standards set
forth are to be evaluated.
(4)
Copies of related federal ordinances and associated documents are on file with
the department and are carried by each sanitarian employed by the department.
(5) The rules of this chapter do
not apply to "small dairies" as defined in
81-21-101,
MCA.
AUTH:
81-2-102,
MCA; IMP:
2-4-307,
81-2-102,
MCA
