North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 09 - FOOD AND DRUG PROTECTION
Subchapter K - SAMPLING AND TESTING OF MILK AND CREAM: FROZEN DESSERTS
Section .0200 - FROZEN DESSERTS
Section 09K .0206 - FROZEN DESSERT MIX/STANDARDS FOR USE

(a) No person shall use rerun in any retail frozen dessert dispenser.

(b) Dry frozen dessert mixes shall be reconstituted with potable water or a pasteurized Grade A product and the resulting product shall be cooled to a temperature of between 33 degrees F and 45 degrees F within four hours of reconstitution.

(c) Liquid frozen dessert mixes shall be stored at a temperature between 33 degrees F and 45 degrees F.

(d) Frozen dessert mixes may be frozen at the point of manufacture. Prior to transferring a frozen mix to a retail outlet, the distributor shall thaw the frozen mix under refrigeration temperatures of 35 degrees F to 40 degrees F. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the department from considering a retail outlet to be a distributor if such outlet has sufficient and adequate refrigeration equipment to properly thaw the frozen mixes as required by this Section.