Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 20 - Division of Community and Public Health › Chapter 1 - Food Protection › Section 19 CSR 20-1.050 - Sanitation Standards for the Manufacture of Soft Drinks and Beverages

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines and establishes sanitation
				  standards for nonintoxicating beverage and soft drink
				  manufacturers.
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The secretary of state has
				  determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is
				  incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome
				  or expensive. Therefore, the material which is so incorporated is on file with
				  the agency who filed this rule, and with the Office of the Secretary of State.
				  Any interested person may view this material at either agency's headquarters or
				  the same will be made available at the Office of the Secretary of State at a
				  cost not to exceed actual cost of copy reproduction. The entire text of the
				  rule is printed here. This note refers only to the incorporated by reference
				  material.
(1) The following
				definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the enforcement of this rule:
(A) Bottling means filling, capping,
				packaging and enclosing in bottles or other containers, including metal cans
				and premixed tanks;
(B) Flavor
				manufacturing plant means a building in which soft drink flavors are prepared,
				manufactured and packaged, including any separate room used for the
				accommodation of workers;
(C)
				Franchisee means a person authorized or given contractual permission to bottle,
				offer for sale or distribute a soft drink in a specified territory for a
				company or franchiser who owns the trademark or name and formula for the soft
				drink;
(D) Governing jurisdiction
				means standards, codes or ordinances as administered by local, state or federal
				agencies;
(E) Nonintoxicating
				beverage plant means a building in which soft drinks are produced including any
				separate room used in the preparation or storage of soft drink flavors and
				including any separate room used for the accommodation of production
				employees;
(F) Nonnutritive
				sweeteners means saccharin salt, aspartame and other such nonsugar sweetening
				ingredients as may be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration
				(FDA) and recognized by of the Department of Health;
(G) Person means any individual, firm,
				corporation or other legal entity;
(H) Sodium means the amount of this element
				expressed in terms of milligrams (mg) per eight (8) fluid ounces.
1. Sodium-free means less than five
				milligrams (5 mg) of sodium per eight (8) fluid ounces.
2. Very low sodium means thirty-five
				milligrams (35 mg) or less of sodium per eight (8) fluid ounces.
3. Low sodium means one hundred forty
				milligrams (140 mg) or less of sodium per eight (8) fluid ounces;
(I) Soft drink shall be held to
				mean and include all beverages of every kind manufactured or sold in the state
				which shall be understood to include those containing less than one-half (1/2)
				of one percent (1%) of or no alcohol, including carbonated beverages, still
				drinks, seltzer water, artificial or natural mineral waters and all other
				waters used and sold for beverage purposes. Among other products, this rule
				shall be interpreted to include carbonated beverages, soda, soda water,
				fruitade, any nonalcoholic flavored still beverages, artificial or natural
				mineral waters, bottled table waters, artificial waters whether carbonated or
				not, seltzer and club soda, and beverages that are manufactured or created by
				the use of parts of or natural fruit juices and the use of artificial flavoring
				and water such as orange juice, lemon drink, reconstituted orange juice or
				other similar names. These rules do not apply to whole or concentrated
				beverages such as concentrated grape juice, unfermented grape juice, orange
				juice, lemon juice, grapefruit juice, pineapple juice and apple juice or cider,
				provided that the same is the juice extracted from the natural fruit and that
				it is in its natural state and properly labeled. This rule does, however, cover
				all reconstituted products which are bottled from the concentrates referred to
				in this subsection;
(J) Soft drink
				flavors mean any type of soda water flavor or beverage base, syrup extracts,
				concentrate, powder or other compound prepared for use as a flavoring for soft
				drinks; and
(K) Sweetening
				ingredient means cane sugar or beet sugar, in liquid or crystal form, dextrose,
				corn sugar syrup in liquid or direct form, honey or any syrup from any sugar or
				any combination of these sugars;