Indiana Administrative Code › Title 345 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH › Article 8 - DAIRY PRODUCTS › Rule 2 - Production, Handling, Processing, Packaging, and Distribution of Milk and Milk Products › Section 2-2.1 - Manufacturing grade milk plant; construction; operation; sanitation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 15-17-3-21
Affected: IC 15-18-1-9
Sec. 2.1.
(a) Except
				as provided in section 2.2 of this rule, a manufacturing grade milk plant shall
				meet the requirements in this section.
(b) The board incorporates by reference as a
				rule of the board the following parts of the Grade A Pasteurized Milk
				Ordinance, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health
				Service, Food and Drug Administration (2019 revision), referred to as the PMO
				for regulation of the production, transportation, processing, handling,
				sampling, examination, grading, labeling, and sale of all manufacturing grade
				milk products in the state:
(1) Section 1.
				Definitions.
(2) Section 4.
				Labeling. However, requirements in this Section that specifically apply to the
				labeling of Grade A milk products are not incorporated.
(3) Item 1p. Floors - Construction.
(4) Item 2p. Walls and Ceilings -
				Construction.
(5) Item 3p. Doors
				and Windows.
(6) Item 4p. Lighting
				and Ventilation.
(7) Item 5p.
				Separate Rooms.
(8) Item 6p.
				Toilet-Sewage Disposal Facilities.
(9) Item 7p. Water Supply.
(10) Item 8p. Handwashing
				Facilities.
(11) Item 9p. Milk
				Plant Cleanliness.
(12) Item 10p.
				Sanitary Piping.
(13) Item 11p.
				Construction and Repair of Containers and Equipment. However, requirements in
				the Section that specifically apply to the containers and equipment for Grade A
				milk products are not incorporated.
(14) Item 12p. Cleaning and Sanitizing of
				Containers and Equipment.
(15) Item
				13p. Storage of Cleaned Containers and Equipment.
(16) Item 14p. Storage of Single-Service
				Articles, Utensils, and Materials.
(17) Item 15p. Protection from
				Contamination.
(18) Item 16p.
				Pasteurization, including the procedures for the following:
(A) Batch pasteurization.
(B) High-temperature-short-time (HTST)
				continuous flow pasteurization.
(C)
				Pasteurizers employing regenerative heating.
(D) Pasteurization records, equipment tests,
				and examinations. However, this Item does not apply to raw milk
				cheeses.
(19) Item 17p.
				Cooling of Milk and/or Milk Products. However, this Item does not apply to the
				following products:
(A) Ice cream.
(B) Raw milk cheeses during the sixty (60)
				day aging process.
(C)
				Manufacturing grade raw milk received for processing and governed by the
				temperature and storage requirements set forth at IC 15-18-1-19.
(20) Item 18p. Bottling, Packaging
				and Container Filling must occur:
(A) at the
				place of pasteurization in a sanitary manner; and
(B) in accordance with the standards for
				mechanical equipment set forth in this Item. However, if the plant does not use
				approved mechanical equipment, then the requirements in clause (B) do not
				apply.
(21) Item 19p.
				Capping, Container Closure, and Sealing and Dry Milk Product Storage must
				occur:
(A) at the place of pasteurization in
				a sanitary manner; and
(B) in
				accordance with the standards for mechanical equipment set forth in this Item.
				However, if the plant does not use approved mechanical equipment, then the
				requirements of clause (B) do not apply.
(22) Item 20p. Personnel - Cleanliness and
				Practices.
(23) Item 21p.
				Vehicles.
(24) Item 22p.
				Surroundings.
(25) Appendix D.
				Standards for Water Sources.
(26)
				Appendix F. Cleaning and Sanitization.
(27) Appendix G. Chemical and Bacteriological
				Tests.
(28) Appendix H.
				Pasteurization Equipment and Procedures and Other Equipment.
(29) Appendix I. Pasteurization Equipment and
				Controls - Tests.
(30) Appendix L.
				Applicable Regulations, Standards of Identity for Milk and Milk
				Products.
(31) Appendix N. Drug
				Residue Testing and Farm Surveillance.
(32) Appendix R. Determination of
				Time/Temperature Control for Safety Milk and/or Milk Products.
(33) Appendix S. Aseptic Processing and
				Packaging Program and Retort Processed after Packaging Program.