Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part VII - Dairy Products Regulations › Chapter 1 - Milk and Dairy Products › Subchapter C - Registration and Labeling › Section VII-121 - Labeling

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All dairy
				  products (including but not limited to, milk, milk products, anomalous milk,
				  anomalous milk products, anomalous dairy products, filled milk, filled milk
				  products, filled dairy products, imitation milk, imitation milk products,
				  imitation dairy products and frozen desserts) being offered for sale,
				  distribution or held in storage within the state shall be labeled in accordance
				  with the requirements of this Code determined to be applicable to such products
				  by the state health officer, the State Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law
				  (R.S. 40:601
et
				  seq.)
, the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended,
				  the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990,
as amended, and
				  regulations developed thereunder, the
Code of Federal
				  Regulations
and the
Pasteurized Milk Ordinance
				  (PMO)
.
B. Dairy plants
				  which offer milk, milk products and condensed, concentrated or dry dairy
				  products for sale in the state shall use labels which prominently display the
				  grade of the product when grades for such products have been established by the
				  state health officer.
C. All
				  bottles, containers, wrappers and packages of a capacity of six gallons or less
				  which enclose milk and milk products, shall be conspicuously marked with:
1. the name and address of the plant or
				  Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) number [in indelible ink (or
				  equivalent)] of the plant where the contents were pasteurized,
				  ultra-pasteurized or aseptically processed. The name and address of the plant
				  or the FIPS number shall be printed on the container or label in such a manner
				  that it cannot be removed, changed or defaced;
2. a date, code or lot number that identifies
				  the date, run or batch from which the contents originated, shall be prominently
				  displayed on each final container (container that will reach the final
				  consumer) of dairy product in indelible ink (or equivalent). The date, code or
				  batch shall be printed on the container or label in such a manner that it
				  cannot be removed, changed or defaced;
3. the words, "keep refrigerated after
				  opening", in the case of aseptically processed dairy products;
4. the name of the dairy product followed by
				  the words " with vegetable fat" conspicuously displayed on the principal
				  display panel in cases in which the product is a filled milk, filled milk
				  product or filled dairy product. The letters in the words "with vegetable fat"
				  shall be at least as large and as prominent as the letters in the name of the
				  dairy product. Examples of this requirement include: "low fat milk with
				  vegetable fat", "cultured cream with vegetable fat", "evaporated non fat milk
				  with vegetable fat";
5. the word,
				  "goat", "sheep", "water buffalo" or the common name of any other hooved mammals
				  shall precede the name of the milk and milk product when the product is made
				  from the milk of animals other than cows;
6. the words "grade a", "grade b", "extra
				  grade" or "standard grade" whichever is appropriate on the exterior surface
				  when grades for the product have been established by the state health officer.
				  Acceptable locations shall include the principal display panel, the secondary
				  or informational panel or the cap/cover;
7. the words, "a product of", followed by the
				  name of the country in which the product was processed, except in cases in
				  which the product was processed in the United States or Puerto Rico.
8. the word "reconstituted" or "recombined"
				  if the product was made by reconstitution or recombination; and,
9. the words "made from unpasteurized milk"
				  shall be prominently displayed on the principal display panel of each container
				  of dairy product made from milk, milk products, anomalous milk or anomalous
				  milk products, filled milk or filled milk products, imitation milk or imitation
				  milk products in which each particle has not been pasteurized,
				  ultra-pasteurized or aseptically processed except ripened (aged)
				  cheeses.