Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › DAIRY, FOOD AND EGGS › Chapter 16-101 - Washington state milk and milk products standards › Section 16-101-701 - Standards for the production of milk and milk products

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) With the exception of the portions
				identified in subsection (2) of this section, the department adopts the Grade
				"A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, 2017 Revision, United States Public Health
				Service/Food and Drug Administration, as additional Washington state standards
				for the production of milk and milk products including Grade A condensed and
				dry milk products and condensed and dry whey products under chapter 15.36
				RCW.
(2) The department does not
				adopt the following portions of the Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, 2017
				Revision:
(a) Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk
				Ordinance - 2017 Revision.
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Excepted Portion
Page 16
* Section 3, Permits, paragraph 6, which begins with
							 "The regulatory agency shall suspend."
* Section 3, Permits, paragraph 7, which begins with
							 "Upon notification."
Pages 28-29
* Section 6, The Examination of Milk and/or Milk
							 Products, paragraph 9, which begins with "Whenever two (2) of the last four (4)
							 consecutive..."
Page 34
* Section of Table 1 entitled "GRADE "A" RAW MILK AND
							 MILK PRODUCTS FOR PASTEURIZATION, ULTRA-PASTEURIZATION , ASEPTIC PROCESSING AND
							 PACKAGING, OR RETORT PROCESSED AFTER PACKAGING"
* Under Temperature: "Cooled to 10°C (50°F)
							 or less within four (4) hours or less of the commencement of the first milking
							 and to 7°C (45°F) or less within two (2) hours after the completion of
							 milking. Provided that the blend temperature after the first milking and
							 subsequent milkings does not exceed 10°C (50°F)."
Note:
Milk sample submitted for testing
							 cooled and maintained at 0°C (32°F) to 4.5°C (40°F), where
							 sample temperature is > 4.5°C (40°F) but <7.0°C (45°F)
							 and less than three (3) hours after collection has not increased in
							 temperature;
* Under Bacterial Limits: Only the sentence.
							 "Individual producer milk not to exceed 100,000 per mL prior to commingling
							 with other producer milk."
Pages 34-35
Under Somatic Cell Count: "individual producer milk
							 not to exceed 750,000 per mL . *Goat milk 1,500,000 mL."
(b)
				Standards for Grade "A" Raw Milk for Pasteurization, Ultra-pasteurization ,
				Aseptic Processing and Packaging or Retort Processed After Packaging.
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Excepted Portion
Page 59
Item 18r. "Raw Milk Cooling" paragraph 1, which begins
						  with "Raw milk for pasteurization, ultra-pasteurization, aseptic processing and
						  packaging or retort processed after packaging shall be cooled."
Page 59
I. "Administrative Procedures", item 1 only
(c)
				Standards for Grade "A" Pasteurized, Ultra-pasteurized , Aseptically Processed
				and Packaged Low-Acid Milk and/or Milk Products, and Retort Processed after
				Packaged Low-Acid Milk and/or Milk Products.
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Excepted Portion
Page 119
Item 18p. "Bottling, Packaging and Container Filling",
						  under Public Health Reason, first sentence only which begins with "Manual
						  bottling, packaging, and container filling..."
Page 119
Item 18p. "Administrative Procedures", item number 2
						  only.
Page 121
Item 19p. "Capping, container closure and sealing and
						  Dry Milk Product Storage", Administrative Procedures, item number 1 only.
Page 134
Sections 15 (Enforcement), 16 (Penalty), and 17 (Repeal
						  and Date of Effect)
(d)
				Appendix E: Examples of 3-out-of-5 Compliance Enforcement Procedures.
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Excepted Portion
Pages 209-210
All of Appendix E