Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 13 - Food Protection › Subpart 74 - Milk and Dairy › Chapter 1 - REGULATION GOVERNING THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF FROZEN DESSERTS › Subchapter 1 - Purpose › Rule 15-13-74-1.1.5

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[CENT]) 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[CENT])
					 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[CENT]) percent milkfat and not more than two (2[CENT]) 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[CENT]) 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.