Subpart A - Provisions Governing the Inspection and Grading Services of Manufactured or Processed Dairy Products

Marking, Branding, and Identifying Product

§ 58.49 - Authority to use official identification.

§ 58.50 - Approval and form of official identification.

§ 58.51 - Information required on official identification.

§ 58.52 - Time limit for packaging inspected or graded products with official identification.

Administration

§ 58.3 - Authority.

Prerequisites to Packaging Products With Official Identification

§ 58.53 - Supervisor of packaging required.

§ 58.54 - Packing and packaging room and equipment.

§ 58.55 - Facilities for keeping quality samples.

§ 58.56 - Incubation of product samples.

§ 58.57 - Product not eligible for packaging with official identification.

Miscellaneous

§ 58.61 - Political activity.

§ 58.62 - Report of violations.

§ 58.63 - Other applicable regulations.

§ 58.64 - OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Fees and Charges

§ 58.38 - Payment of fees and charges.

§ 58.39 - Fees for holiday or other nonworktime.

§ 58.40 - Fees for appeal inspection or grading.

§ 58.41 - Fees for additional copies of certificates.

§ 58.42 - Travel expenses and other charges.

§ 58.43 - Fees for inspection, grading, sampling, and certification.

§ 58.45 - Fees for continuous resident services.

§ 58.46 - Fees for service performed under cooperative agreement.

Definitions

§ 58.1 - Meaning of words.

§ 58.2 - Designation of official certificates, memoranda, marks, identifications, and devices for purpose of the Agricultural Marketing Act.

Appeal Inspection or Grading and Reinstatement of Regrading

§ 58.22 - When appeal inspection or grading may be requested.

§ 58.23 - How to obtain appeal inspection or grading.

§ 58.24 - Record of filing time.

§ 58.25 - When an application for appeal inspection or grading may be refused.

§ 58.26 - When an application for an appeal inspection or grading may be withdrawn.

§ 58.27 - Order in which appeal inspections or gradings are performed.

§ 58.28 - Who shall make appeal inspections or gradings.

§ 58.29 - Appeal inspection or grading certificate or report.

§ 58.30 - Application for reinspection or regrading.

§ 58.31 - Reinspection or regrading certificate or report.

§ 58.32 - Superseded certificates or reports.

Inspection or Grading Service

§ 58.4 - Basis of service.

§ 58.5 - Where service is offered.

§ 58.6 - Supervision of service.

§ 58.7 - Who may obtain service.

§ 58.8 - How to make application.

§ 58.9 - Form of application.

§ 58.10 - Filing of application.

§ 58.11 - Approval of application.

§ 58.12 - When application may be rejected.

§ 58.13 - When application may be withdrawn.

§ 58.14 - Authority of applicant.

§ 58.15 - Accessibility and condition of product.

§ 58.16 - Disposition of samples.

§ 58.17 - Order of service.

§ 58.18 - Inspection or grading certificates, memoranda, or reports.

§ 58.19 - Issuance of inspection or grading certificates.

§ 58.20 - Disposition of inspection or grading certificates or reports.

§ 58.21 - Advance information.

Violations

§ 58.58 - Debarment of service.

Licensing of Inspectors or Graders

§ 58.33 - Who may be licensed.

§ 58.34 - Suspension or revocation of license.

§ 58.35 - Surrender of license.

§ 58.36 - Identification.

§ 58.37 - Financial interest of licensees.

Subpart B - General Specifications for Dairy Plants Approved for USDA Inspection and Grading Service

Quality Specifications for Finished Products

§ 58.736 - Pasteurized process cheese.

§ 58.737 - Pasteurized process cheese food.

§ 58.738 - Pasteurized process cheese spread and related products.

Storage of Finished Product

§ 58.153 - Dry storage.

§ 58.154 - Refrigerated storage.

Supplemental Specifications for Plants Manufacturing, Processing, and Packaging Whey, Whey Products and Lactose

Protection and Transport of Raw Milk and Cream

§ 58.131 - Equipment and facilities.

Operations and Operating Procedures

§ 58.142 - Product quality and stability.

§ 58.143 - Raw product storage.

§ 58.144 - Pasteurization or ultra-pasteurization.

§ 58.145 - Composition and wholesomeness.

§ 58.146 - Cleaning and sanitizing treatment.

§ 58.147 - Insect and rodent control program.

§ 58.148 - Plant records.

§ 58.149 - Alternate quality control programs for dairy products.

§ 58.236 - Pasteurization and heat treatment.

§ 58.237 - Condensed surge supply.

§ 58.238 - Condensed storage tanks.

§ 58.239 - Drying.

§ 58.240 - Cooling dry products.

§ 58.241 - Packaging, repackaging and storage.

§ 58.242 - Product adulteration.

§ 58.243 - Checking quality.

§ 58.244 - Number of samples.

§ 58.245 - Method of sample analysis.

§ 58.246 - Cleaning of dryers, collectors, conveyors, ducts, sifters and storage bins.

§ 58.247 - Insect and rodent control program.

§ 58.332 - Segregation of raw material.

§ 58.334 - Pasteurization.

§ 58.335 - Quality control tests.

§ 58.336 - Frequency of sampling for quality control of cream, butter and related products.

§ 58.337 - Official test methods.

§ 58.338 - Composition and wholesomeness.

§ 58.339 - Containers.

§ 58.340 - Printing and packaging.

§ 58.341 - Repackaging.

§ 58.342 - General identification.

§ 58.343 - Storage of finished product in coolers.

§ 58.344 - Storage of finished product in freezer.

§ 58.438 - Cheese from pasteurized milk.

§ 58.439 - Cheese from unpasteurized milk.

§ 58.440 - Make schedule.

§ 58.441 - Records.

§ 58.442 - Laboratory and quality control tests.

§ 58.443 - Whey handling.

§ 58.444 - Packaging and repackaging.

§ 58.445 - General identification.

§ 58.521 - Pasteurization and product flow.

§ 58.522 - Reconstituting nonfat dry milk.

§ 58.523 - Laboratory and quality control tests.

§ 58.524 - Packaging and general identification.

§ 58.525 - Storage of finished product.

§ 58.634 - Assembling and combining mix ingredients.

§ 58.635 - Pasteurization of the mix.

§ 58.636 - Homogenization.

§ 58.637 - Cooling the mix.

§ 58.638 - Freezing the mix.

§ 58.639 - Addition of flavor.

§ 58.640 - Packaging.

§ 58.641 - Hardening and storage.

§ 58.642 - Quality control tests.

§ 58.643 - Frequency of sampling.

§ 58.644 - Test methods.

§ 58.645 - General identification.

§ 58.723 - Basis for selecting cheese for processing.

§ 58.724 - Blending.

§ 58.725 - Trimming and cleaning.

§ 58.726 - Cutting and grinding.

§ 58.727 - Adding optional ingredients.

§ 58.728 - Cooking the batch.

§ 58.729 - Forming containers.

§ 58.730 - Filling containers.

§ 58.731 - Closing and sealing containers.

§ 58.732 - Cooling the packaged cheese.

§ 58.733 - Quality control tests.

§ 58.809 - Pasteurization.

§ 58.810 - Temperature requirements.

§ 58.811 - General.

§ 58.812 - Methods of sample analysis.

§ 58.917 - General.

§ 58.918 - Standardization.

§ 58.919 - Pre-heat, pasteurization.

§ 58.920 - Homogenization.

§ 58.921 - Concentration.

§ 58.922 - Thermal processing.

§ 58.923 - Filling containers.

§ 58.924 - Aseptic filling.

§ 58.925 - Sweetened condensed.

§ 58.926 - Heat stability.

§ 58.927 - Storage.

§ 58.928 - Quality control tests.

§ 58.929 - Frequency of sampling for quality control.

§ 58.930 - Official test methods.

§ 58.931 - General identification.

Quality Specifications for Raw Milk

§ 58.132 - Basis for classification.

§ 58.133 - Methods for quality and wholesomeness determination.

§ 58.134 - Sediment content for milk in cans.

§ 58.135 - Bacterial estimate.

§ 58.136 - Rejected milk.

§ 58.137 - Excluded milk.

§ 58.138 - Quality testing of milk from new producers.

§ 58.139 - Record of tests.

§ 58.140 - Field service.

§ 58.141 - Alternate quality control program.

Approved Plants

§ 58.123 - Survey and approval.

§ 58.124 - Denial or suspension of plant approval.

Purpose

§ 58.122 - Approved plants under USDA inspection and grading service.

Supplemental Specifications for Plants Manufacturing, Processing, and Packaging Nonfat Dry Milk, Instant Nonfat Dry Milk, Dry Whole Milk, and Dry Buttermilk

Quality Specifications for Raw Material

§ 58.322 - Cream.

§ 58.323 - [Reserved]

§ 58.324 - Butteroil.

§ 58.325 - Anhydrous milkfat.

§ 58.326 - Plastic cream.

§ 58.327 - Frozen cream.

§ 58.328 - Salt.

§ 58.329 - Color.

§ 58.330 - Butter starter cultures.

§ 58.331 - Starter distillate.

§ 58.430 - Milk.

§ 58.431 - Hydrogen peroxide.

§ 58.432 - Catalase.

§ 58.433 - Cheese cultures.

§ 58.434 - Calcium chloride.

§ 58.435 - Color.

§ 58.436 - Rennet, pepsin, other milk clotting enzymes and flavor enzymes.

§ 58.437 - Salt.

§ 58.517 - General.

§ 58.518 - Milk.

§ 58.519 - Dairy products.

§ 58.520 - Nondairy ingredients.

§ 58.627 - Milk and dairy products.

§ 58.628 - Sweetening agents.

§ 58.629 - Flavoring agents.

§ 58.630 - Stabilizers.

§ 58.631 - Emulsifiers.

§ 58.632 - Acid.

§ 58.633 - Color.

§ 58.711 - Cheddar, colby, washed or soaked curd, granular or stirred curd cheese.

§ 58.712 - Swiss.

§ 58.713 - Gruyere.

§ 58.714 - Cream cheese, Neufchatel cheese.

§ 58.715 - Cream, plastic cream and anhydrous milkfat.

§ 58.716 - Nonfat dry milk.

§ 58.717 - Whey.

§ 58.718 - Flavor ingredients.

§ 58.719 - Coloring.

§ 58.720 - Acidifying agents.

§ 58.721 - Salt.

§ 58.722 - Emulsifying agents.

Equipment and Utensils

§ 58.214 - General construction, repair and installation.

§ 58.215 - Pre-heaters.

§ 58.216 - Hotwells.

§ 58.217 - Evaporators and/or vacuum pans.

§ 58.218 - Surge tanks.

§ 58.219 - High pressure pumps and lines.

§ 58.220 - Drying systems.

§ 58.221 - Collectors and conveyors.

§ 58.222 - Dry dairy product cooling equipment.

§ 58.223 - Special treatment equipment.

§ 58.224 - Sifters.

§ 58.225 - Clothing and shoe covers.

§ 58.226 - Portable and stationary bulk bins.

§ 58.227 - Sampling device.

§ 58.228 - Dump hoppers, screens, mixers and conveyors.

§ 58.229 - Filler and packaging equipment.

§ 58.230 - Heavy duty vacuum cleaners.

§ 58.314 - General construction, repair and installation.

§ 58.315 - Continuous churns.

§ 58.316 - Conventional churns.

§ 58.317 - Bulk butter trucks, boats, texturizers, and packers.

§ 58.318 - Butter, frozen or plastic cream melting machines.

§ 58.319 - Printing equipment.

§ 58.320 - Brine tanks.

§ 58.321 - Cream storage tanks.

§ 58.414 - General construction, repair and installation.

§ 58.415 - Starter vats.

§ 58.416 - Cheese vats, tanks and drain tables.

§ 58.417 - Mechanical agitators.

§ 58.418 - Automatic cheese making equipment.

§ 58.419 - Curd mill and miscellaneous equipment.

§ 58.420 - Hoops, forms and followers.

§ 58.421 - Press.

§ 58.422 - Brine tank.

§ 58.423 - Cheese vacuumizing chamber.

§ 58.424 - Monorail.

§ 58.425 - Conveyor for moving and draining block or barrel cheese.

§ 58.426 - Rindless cheese wrapping equipment.

§ 58.427 - Paraffin tanks.

§ 58.428 - Speciality equipment.

§ 58.429 - Washing machine.

§ 58.511 - General construction, repair and installation.

§ 58.512 - Cheese vats or tanks.

§ 58.513 - Agitators.

§ 58.514 - Container fillers.

§ 58.515 - Mixers.

§ 58.516 - Starter vats.

§ 58.623 - Homogenizer.

§ 58.624 - Freezers.

§ 58.625 - Fruit or syrup feeders.

§ 58.626 - Packaging equipment.

§ 58.706 - General construction, repair and installation.

§ 58.707 - Conveyors.

§ 58.708 - Grinders or shredders.

§ 58.709 - Cookers.

§ 58.710 - Fillers.

§ 58.807 - General construction, repair and installation.

§ 58.912 - General construction, repair and installation.

§ 58.913 - Evaporators and vacuum pans.

§ 58.914 - Fillers.

§ 58.915 - Batch or continuous in-container thermal processing equipment.

§ 58.916 - Homogenizer.

Supplemental Specifications for Plants Manufacturing, Processing, and Packaging Evaporated and Condensed Milk or Ultra-Pasteurized Products

Supplemental Specifications for Plants Manufacturing and Packaging Cottage Cheese

Requirements for Cottage Cheese Bearing USDA Official Identification

§ 58.526 - Official identification.

§ 58.527 - Physical requirements.

§ 58.528 - Microbiological requirements.

§ 58.529 - Chemical requirements.

§ 58.530 - Keeping quality requirements.

Supplemental Specifications for Plants Manufacturing, Processing and Packaging Frozen Desserts

Supplemental Specifications for Plants Manufacturing, Processing and Packaging Butter and Related Products

Packaging and General Identification

§ 58.150 - Containers.

§ 58.151 - Packaging and repackaging.

§ 58.152 - General identification.

Supplemental Specifications for Plants Manufacturing, Processing and Packaging Pasteurized Process Cheese and Related Products

Supplemental Specifications for Plants Manufacturing and Packaging Cheese

Requirements for Finished Products Bearing USDA Official Identification

§ 58.248 - Nonfat dry milk.

§ 58.249 - Instant nonfat dry milk.

§ 58.250 - Dry whole milk.

§ 58.251 - Dry buttermilk and dry buttermilk product.

§ 58.345 - Butter.

§ 58.346 - Whipped butter.

§ 58.347 - Butteroil or anhydrous milkfat.

§ 58.348 - Plastic cream.

§ 58.349 - Frozen cream.

§ 58.446 - Quality requirements.

§ 58.646 - Official identification.

§ 58.647 - Composition requirements for ice cream.

§ 58.648 - Microbiological requirements for ice cream.

§ 58.649 - Physical requirements for ice cream.

§ 58.650 - Requirements for frozen custard.

§ 58.651 - [Reserved]

§ 58.652 - Composition requirements for sherbet.

§ 58.653 - Microbiological requirements for sherbet.

§ 58.654 - Physical requirements for sherbet.

§ 58.813 - Dry whey.

§ 58.936 - Milk.

§ 58.937 - Physical requirements for evaporated milk.

§ 58.938 - Physical requirements and microbiological limits for sweetened condensed milk.

Premises, Buildings, Facilities, Equipment and Utensils

§ 58.125 - Premises.

§ 58.126 - Buildings.

§ 58.127 - Facilities.

§ 58.128 - Equipment and utensils.

Rooms and Compartments

§ 58.210 - Dry storage of product.

§ 58.211 - Packaging room for bulk products.

§ 58.212 - Hopper or dump room.

§ 58.213 - Repackaging room.

§ 58.311 - Coolers and freezers.

§ 58.312 - Churn rooms.

§ 58.313 - Print and bulk packaging rooms.

§ 58.406 - Starter facility.

§ 58.407 - Make room.

§ 58.408 - Brine room.

§ 58.409 - Drying room.

§ 58.410 - Paraffining room.

§ 58.411 - Rindless cheese wrapping area.

§ 58.412 - Coolers or curing rooms.

§ 58.413 - Cutting and packaging rooms.

§ 58.510 - Rooms and compartments.

§ 58.619 - Mix processing room.

§ 58.620 - Freezing and packaging rooms.

§ 58.621 - Freezing tunnels.

§ 58.622 - Hardening and storage rooms.

§ 58.806 - General.

Definitions

§ 58.100 - OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

§ 58.101 - Meaning of words.

§ 58.205 - Meaning of words.

§ 58.305 - Meaning of words.

§ 58.405 - Meaning of words.

§ 58.505 - Meaning of words.

§ 58.605 - Meaning of words.

§ 58.705 - Meaning of words.

§ 58.805 - Meaning of words.

§ 58.905 - Meaning of words.

Explanation of Terms

§ 58.159 - Terms.

Inspection, Grading and Official Identification

§ 58.155 - Grading.

§ 58.156 - Inspection.

§ 58.157 - Inspection or grading certificates.

§ 58.158 - Official identification.

Personnel, Cleanliness and Health

§ 58.129 - Cleanliness.

§ 58.130 - Health.

Requirements for Processed Cheese Products Bearing USDA Official Identification

§ 58.734 - Official identification.

§ 58.735 - Quality specifications for raw materials.

Quality Specifications for Raw Materials

§ 58.231 - General.

§ 58.232 - Milk.

§ 58.233 - Skim milk.

§ 58.234 - Buttermilk.

§ 58.235 - Modified dry milk products.

§ 58.808 - Whey.

§ 58.932 - Milk.

§ 58.933 - Stabilizers.

§ 58.934 - Sugars.

§ 58.935 - Chocolate and cocoa.

Subparts C--V - XXX

Subpart I - United States Standards for Grades of Monterey (Monterey Jack) Cheese

Definitions

§ 58.2465 - Monterey (Monterey Jack) cheese.

§ 58.2466 - Types of surface protection.

Explanation of terms

§ 58.2471 - Explanation of terms.

U.S. Grades

§ 58.2467 - Nomenclature of U.S. grades.

§ 58.2468 - Basis for determination of U.S. grade.

§ 58.2469 - Specifications for U.S. grades.

§ 58.2470 - U.S. grade not assignable.

Subpart L - United States Standards for Grades of Nonfat Dry Milk (Spray Process)

U.S. Grades

§ 58.2526 - Nomenclature of U.S. grades.

§ 58.2527 - Basis for determination of U.S. grade.

§ 58.2528 - Specifications for U.S. grades.

§ 58.2529 - U.S. grade not assignable.

§ 58.2532 - Test methods.

Supplement to U.S. Standards for Grades of Nonfat Dry Milk (Spray Process): U.S. Heat Treatment Classification

§ 58.2538 - Basis for obtaining heat treatment classification.

§ 58.2539 - Nomenclature of U.S. Heat Treatment Classification.

§ 58.2540 - Basis for determination of U.S. Heat Treatment Classification.

§ 58.2541 - Test method; whey protein nitrogen.

Definitions

§ 58.2525 - Nonfat dry milk.

Explanation of Terms

§ 58.2537 - Explanation of terms.

Subpart U - United States Standards for Instant Nonfat Dry Milk

Explanation of Terms

§ 58.2759 - Explanation of terms.

Definitions

§ 58.2750 - Instant nonfat dry milk.

U.S. Grade

§ 58.2751 - Nomenclature of the U.S. grade.

§ 58.2752 - Basis for determination of the U.S. grade.

§ 58.2753 - Specifications for the U.S. grade.

§ 58.2754 - U.S. grade not assignable.

§ 58.2756 - Test methods.

Subpart W - United States Department of Agriculture Standard for Ice Cream

§ 58.2825 - United States Standard for ice cream.

§ 58.2826 - General identification.

§ 58.2827 - Official identification.