New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter I - Milk Control
Subchapter A - Dairy Products (Article 4, Agriculture and Markets Law)
Part 17 - Requirements For The Labeling Of, And Definitions And Standards Of Identity For, Milk, Milk Products And Frozen Desserts
Section 17.1 - Definitions

(a) Cream means the liquid milk product high in fat separated from milk, which may have been adjusted by adding thereto: milk, concentrated milk, dry whole milk, skim milk, concentrated skim milk, or nonfat dry milk. Cream contains not less than 18 percent milkfat.

(b) Homogenized means the milk or milk product has been treated in such a manner as to insure breakup of the fat globules to such an extent that, after 48 hours quiescent storage at 45 degrees Fahrenheit, no visible cream separation occurs on the product and the fat percentage of the top 100 milliliters of the product in a quart container, or of proportionate volumes in containers of other sizes, does not differ by more than 10 percentum from the fat percentage of the remaining portion as determined after thorough mixing.

(c) Pasteurized means the definition for such term set forth in section 2.44 of this Title.

(d) Safe and suitable means the defintion set forth in section 130.3(d) of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (revised as of April 1, 1994), a copy of which is available for public inspection at the Division of Milk Control, Department of Agriculture and Markets, One Winners Circle, Albany, NY 12235.

(e) Special dietary use means the defintion for such term set forth in section 105.3(a) of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (revised as of April 1, 1994), a copy of which is available for public inspection at the Division of Milk Control, Department of Agriculture and Markets, One Winners Circle, Albany, NY 12235.

(f) Ultra pasteurized means the definition of such term set forth in section 2.2(aaa) of this Title.