Alabama Administrative Code › Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH › Chapter 420-3-17 - PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, HANDLING OR DISTRIBUTION OF MILK FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES, DRY MILK PRODUCTS, BUTTER, CHEESE OR CONDENSED MILK PRODUCTS › Section 420-3-17-.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Meaning of
			 words - Words used in the singular form shall be deemed to import the plural,
			 and vice versa, as the case may demand.
(2) Terms defined - Unless the context
			 otherwise requires, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to
			 mean:
(a) Health Department - The State of
			 Alabama, Department of Public Health or County Health Department, as defined by
Code of Ala. 1975
, §§
									22-1-1 and
			 22-3-10, and any officer, agent or
			 employee of the said department authorized to act for the department with
			 respect to the enforcement and administration of these rules.
(b) Health Officer - The State Health Officer
			 of the State of Alabama Department of Public Health or a County Health Officer
			 as provided in
Code of Ala. 1975
, §§
									22-2-8 and
			 22-3-4; or their authorized
			 representatives and any officer or agent or employee of the said departments
			 authorized to act for the department with respect to the enforcement and
			 administration of these rules.
(c)
			 Rules - The provisions of Subpart .02 to .06 herein.
(d) Permit - A permit issued under these
			 rules by the Health Department.
(e)
			 Fieldman - A person qualified and trained in the sanitary methods of production
			 and handling of milk as set forth herein, and generally employed by a
			 processing or manufacturing plant for the purpose of making dairy farm surveys
			 and doing quality control work.
(f)
			 Fieldman, approved - A fieldman qualified, trained, and approved by the Health
			 Department to perform farm inspections and raw milk grading.
(g) Inspector - A qualified trained person
			 employed by the Health Department to perform dairy farm or plant inspections
			 and raw milk grading.
(h) Milk
			 grader or bulk milk collector - A person permitted by the Health Department as
			 described in .06(2)(d) who is qualified and trained for the grading of raw milk
			 in accordance with the quality standards and procedures of Sections .03 and
			 .06.
(i) Producer - The person or
			 persons who exercise control over the production of the milk delivered to a
			 processing plant or receiving station and those who receive payment for this
			 product. A "new producer" is one who has only recently entered the production
			 of milk for the market. A "transfer producer" is one who has been shipping milk
			 to one plant and transfers his shipments to another plant.
(j) Dairy farm or farm - A place or premise
			 where one or more milking cows are kept, a part or all of the milk produced
			 thereon being delivered, sold, or offered for sale to a plant for manufacturing
			 purposes.
(k) Dairy plant or plant
			 - Any place, premise, or establishment where milk or dairy products are
			 received or handled for processing or manufacturing and/or prepared for
			 distribution. When "plant" is used in connection with the production,
			 transportation, grading, or use of milk it means any plant that handles or
			 purchases milk for manufacturing purposes; When used in connection with
			 requirements for plants or permitting of plants, it means only those plants
			 that manufacture dairy products.
(l) Milk - The term "milk" shall include the
			 following:
1. Milk is the lacteal secretion,
			 practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or
			 more healthy cows.
2. Goat milk is
			 the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the
			 complete milking of one or more healthy goats. Goat milk shall only be used to
			 manufacture dairy products that are legally provided for in 21 CFR or
			 recognized as non-standardized traditional products normally manufactured from
			 goat milk.
3. The word "milk" used
			 herein includes only milk and goat milk for manufacturing purposes.
(m) Milk for manufacturing
			 purposes - Milk produced for processing and manufacturing into products for
			 human consumption but not subject to Grade A or comparable
			 requirements.
(n) Acceptable milk -
			 Milk that qualifies under Section .03(2) as to sight and odor and that is
			 classified No. 1 or No. 2 for sediment content Section .03(3) and No. 1 or No.
			 2 for bacterial estimate Section .03(4).
(o) Probational milk - Milk classified No. 3
			 for sediment content Section .03(3) or milk classified "Under-grade" for
			 bacterial estimate Section .03(4) that may be accepted by plants for specific
			 time periods.
(p) Reject milk -
			 Milk that does not qualify under Section .03(2) as to sight and odor, or that
			 is classified No. 4 for sediment content Section .03(3) which is rejected by
			 the plant by the provisions of Section .03(5).
(q) Excluded milk - All of a producer's milk
			 excluded from the market by the provisions of Section .03(7).
(r) Dairy products - Butter, cheese (natural
			 or processed), dry whole milk, nonfat dry milk, dry buttermilk, dry whey,
			 evaporated milk (whole or skim), condensed whole milk and condensed skim milk
			 (plain or sweetened), and such other products, for human consumption, as may be
			 otherwise designated.
(s) Farm
			 certification for permit - Certification by an inspector or approved fieldman
			 that a producer's herd, milk facility and housing, milking procedure, cooling,
			 milk-house or milkroom, utensils and equipment and water supply have been found
			 to meet the applicable requirements of Subpart .04 for the production of milk
			 to be used for manufacturing purposes.
(t) Official Methods - Official Methods of
			 Analysis of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, a publication of
			 the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Box 540, Benjamin Franklin
			 Station, Washington, DC.
(u)
			 Standard methods - Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products, a
			 publication of the American Public Health Association, 1790 Broadway, New York,
			 NY.
(v) 3-A Sanitary Standards -
			 The standards for dairy equipment formulated by the 3-A Sanitary Standards
			 Committees representing the International Association of Milk, Food and
			 Environmental Sanitarians, the U.S. Public Health Service, and the Dairy
			 Industry Committee. Published by the International Association of Milk, Food
			 and Environmental Sanitarians, Box 437 Shelbyville, IN 46176.
(w) C-I-P or Cleaned-in-place - The procedure
			 by which sanitary pipelines or pieces of dairy equipment are mechanically
			 cleaned in place by circulation.
(x) Atmosphere relatively free from mold - No
			 more than 10 mold colonies per cubic foot of air as determined in Standard
			 Methods.
(y) Sanitizing treatment -
			 Application of any effective sanitizing agent to a clean surface for the
			 destruction of pathogens and other organisms as far as is practicable. The
			 sanitizing agents used shall comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
			 Act.
(z) Official State Laboratory
			 - An official laboratory is a biological, chemical, or physical laboratory
			 which is under the direct supervision of the State Health Department.
(aa) Officially Designated Laboratory - An
			 officially designated laboratory is a commercial laboratory authorized to do
			 official work by the State Health Officer, or a milk Industry laboratory
			 officially designated by the State Health Officer for the examination of
			 producer samples of raw milk for pasteurization and commingled milk tank truck
			 samples of raw milk for antibiotic residues, bacterial limits, somatic cell
			 count, sediment and added water.
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