105 CMR, § 500.083
The items listed in 105 CMR 500.083: Table 1 shall comply with the standards specified.
TABLE 1
(A) Grade "A" raw milk for pasteurization for use for butter or cheese (not frozen desserts) | Drug residues | No positive results as specified in administrative guidelines of the Department |
Pesticide residues | No positive results | |
Freezing point | 0.530 H maximum | |
(B) Grade "A" raw milk for pasteurization for use for frozen desserts | Bacterial limits | Not to exceed 100,000 per ml for individual supplies. Not to exceed 300,000 per ml for commingled milk. |
Somatic cell count | Not to exceed 750,000 per ml | |
Drug residues | No positive results as specified in administrative guidelines of the Department | |
Pesticide residues | No positive results | |
(C) Butter, whipped butter | % Butterfat | Not less than 80% |
Temperature | Maintained at a temperature of 45°F (7.2°C) or less when in storage | |
Proteolytic count | Not more than 50 per gram | |
Yeast and mold | Not more than ten per gram | |
Coliform count | Not more than ten per gram | |
Keeping quality | Satisfactory after seven days at 70°F (21°C) | |
(D) Pasteurized milk, cream, and other fluid dairy products for use for frozen desserts | Bacterial limit | Not to exceed 20,000 per ml |
Coliform count | Not to exceed ten per gram, except in the case of bulk milk transport tank shipments not to exceed 100 per ml. | |
Storage temperature | No higher than 45°F (7.2°C) | |
(E) Frozen dessert mix | Bacterial limit | 30,000 per ml |
Coliform count | Not to exceed ten per gram, except in the case of bulk milk transport tank shipments not to exceed 100 per ml. | |
Storage temperature | No higher than 45°F (7.2°C), except that sterile or aseptic mix has no storage temperature requirement. | |
(F) Frozen desserts | Bacterial limit | 30,000 per ml |
Coliform count | Other than soft-serve: not to exceed 20 per gram Soft-serve: not to exceed 50 per gram | |
Storage temperature | No higher than 10°F (-12°C) | |
Milkfat | Standards listed in 21 CFR Part 135 | |
(G) Private water supplies for milk pasteurization plants; Recirculated cooling water (sweet water); Glycol for cooling | Coliform count | than 1.1 per 100 ml as MPN or equivalent method less than 1 per 100 ml |
105 CMR, § 500.083