Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 13 - Food Protection › Subpart 74 - Milk and Dairy › Chapter 2 - REGULATION GOVERNING THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS › Subchapter 1 - Authority of Regulation › Rule 15-13-74-2.1.5

Current through June 25, 2024
The Milk Ordinance is amended by :
1. Deleting the words "or its jurisdiction"
					 wherever the words appear in the Milk Ordinance, and substitute the words
					 "Health Authority" for the words "Regulatory Agency" wherever the words appear
					 in the Milk Ordinance.
2. Deleting
					 the words "twelve months from the date this ordinance is adopted" as they
					 appear on page 121, Section 9, Milk and Milk Products Which May Be Sold, of the
					 Milk Ordinance, and substitute the words "the effective date of this
					 Ordinance".
3. Adding the following
					 Definitions to Section 1:
a. Imitation Milk
					 or Imitation Milk Products. Imitation milk or imitation milk products shall be
					 taken to mean any substance, mixture, or compound in part or whole regardless
					 of the name under which it may be processed, packaged, or sold or offered for
					 sale in imitation or having the appearance or semblance of milk or milk
					 products and which may or may not contain any milk or milk products. Imitation
					 milk and milk products shall contain the minimum percentages of wholesome fat
					 or oil other than milkfat and solids not fat as defined in this Regulation for
					 milk and milk products. Where the words "milk" and/or "milk products" appear in
					 this Regulation, they shall be interpreted to include "imitation milk" and/or
					 "imitation milk products". Except that, substances, mixtures, or compounds
					 having the appearance or semblance of milk or milk products that are
					 prominently and conspicuously labeled as NON-DAIRY PRODUCTS and which contain
					 no amount of any major milk constituent shall not be defined as imitation milk
					 or imitation milk products and are exempt from the requirements of this
					 Regulation. NON-DAIRY-PRODUCTS may contain very small amounts of milk
					 constituent derivatives added for functional purposes.
b. Breed Milk. Breed milk is milk produced
					 from dairy farms milking exclusively one recognized breed of dairy cows, and
					 complying with the definition of "milk".
c. Sour Cream Dressing. Sour cream dressing
					 is made in semblance of sour cream and contains not less than 18 percent
					 milkfat; except, that when the product is characterized by the addition of
					 nutritive sweetener or bulky flavoring ingredients, the weight of the milkfat
					 is not less than 18 percent of the remainder obtained by subtracting the weight
					 of such optional ingredients from the weight of the product; but, in no case
					 does the product contain less than 14.4 percent milkfat. Sour cream dressing
					 has a titratable acidity of not less than one-half (0.5%) percent calculated as
					 lactic acid. The blend of all ingredients used shall be pasteurized; except,
					 that volatile flavoring substances, enzymes, bacterial cultures, and acidifying
					 agents may be added following pasteurization.
d. Cottage Cheese. Cottage cheese is the soft
					 uncured cheese which is prepared by mixing cottage cheese dry curd with a
					 creaming mixture of safe and suitable ingredients and containing by weight not
					 less that four (4%) percent milkfat and not more that 80 percent moisture. This
					 product is further defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21,
					 Section 133.128.
e. Lowfat Cottage
					 Cheese. Lowfat cottage cheese is the soft uncured cottage cheese prepared by
					 mixing cottage cheese dry curd with a creaming mixture of safe and suitable
					 ingredients and containing by weight not less than one-half (0.5%) percent
					 milkfat and not more than two (2%) percent milkfat and not more than 82.5
					 percent moisture. This product is further defined in the Code of Federal
					 Regulations, Title 21, Section 133.131.
f. Cottage Cheese Dry Curd or Dry Curd
					 Cottage Cheese. Cottage cheese dry curd or dry curd cottage cheese is the soft
					 uncured cheese prepared by mixing cottage cheese dry curd with a creaming
					 mixture of safe and suitable ingredients and containing by weight less than
					 one-half (0.5%) percent milkfat and not more than 80 percent moisture. This
					 product is further defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21,
					 Section 133.129.