Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00304:reg:3:p22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00304
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 22/47)
Character Range: 95405–98320

to be hard frozen must be done quickly enough to minimise the growth of pathogens that could adversely affect the fitness for human consumption of the milk or milk products.
 (7) The approved arrangement for operations to prepare the milk or milk products must provide for measures to validate the effectiveness of the rate of achieving the required temperature.

Thawing and tempering
 (8) Prescribed milk or milk products must be thawed and tempered under temperature controls that minimise the growth of pathogens that could adversely affect the fitness for human consumption of the milk or milk products.
 (9) The approved arrangement for operations to prepare the prescribed milk or milk products must provide for measures to validate the effectiveness of the temperature controls in minimising the growth of pathogens that could adversely affect the fitness for human consumption of the milk or milk products.

5‑16  Temperature controls for storing, handling, loading and transporting prescribed milk or milk products

Shelf‑stable milk or milk products
 (1) Shelf‑stable prescribed milk or milk products must be stored, handled, loaded and transported at the temperature required under the approved arrangement for operations to prepare the milk or milk products.
 (2) The approved arrangement for operations to prepare the milk or milk products must provide for measures to validate the effectiveness of the temperature controls in minimising the growth of pathogens that could adversely affect the fitness for human consumption of the milk or milk products.

Prescribed milk or milk products other than shelf‑stable milk or milk products
 (3) Prescribed milk or milk products (other than shelf‑stable milk or milk products) must be stored, handled, loaded and transported at:
 (a) the temperatures required for chilling or freezing the milk or milk products under section 5‑15; or
 (b) if the approved arrangement for operations to prepare the milk or milk products provides for different temperatures for the storing, handling, loading and transporting of the milk or milk products—those temperatures.
 (4) If paragraph (3)(b) applies, the approved arrangement must provide for measures to validate the effectiveness of the temperature controls in minimising the growth of pathogens that could adversely affect the fitness for human consumption of the milk or milk products.

5‑17  Preserving prescribed milk and milk products
 (1) Subject to any other requirements of this Part, a process applied to prescribed milk or milk products for the purpose of extending their shelf life must ensure the safety of the milk or milk products by:
 (a) destroying or preventing the growth of pathogens; or
 (b) reducing the growth of pathogens to a level that ensures that the microbiological safety of the milk and milk products is not adversely affected.
 (2) The approved arrangement for operations to prepare the