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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: October 10, 2024) |
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Title 7 - Agriculture |
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Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
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Chapter I - Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture |
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SubChapter C - Requirements and Standards Under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 and the Egg Products Inspection Act |
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Part 58 - Grading and Inspection, General Specifications for Approved Plants and Standards for Grades of Dairy Products |
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Subpart B - General Specifications for Dairy Plants Approved for USDA Inspection and Grading Service |
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. |