1550 FOOD; GENERAL RULES

1550.3120 BOTTLES AND BOTTLE CLOSURES. Subpart 1. New bottles. New bottles must be dispensed in a sanitary manner with the closures attached and in a manner that will prohibit replacement of returned bottles into the bottle dispenser, or provided with tamper-evident seals. Subp. …

1550.3130 BEVERAGE DISPENSING EQUIPMENT. Subpart 1. General requirements. All equipment, containers, and utensils used in the handling, storage, mixing, and transfer of syrup and beverage must be smooth, impervious, corrosion resistant, nontoxic, and in good repair. Subp. 2. Clea…

1550.3140 SIGN. A sign must be posted conspicuously within the immediate dispenser area directing consumers for health reasons to use a single service funnel or other sanitary device which has been provided when serving themselves, not to contact the beverages directly, and not t…

1550.3150 BOTTLE WASHING. Subpart 1. New bottles. New beverage bottles, if suitably protected at the container manufacturing facility and during transportation and storage, need not be washed or rinsed before use. Subp. 2. Multiuse bottles. Multiuse bottles returned for refilling…

1550.3160 EQUIPMENT SINK. A three-compartment, adequate-sized equipment sink for the washing of dispensing equipment must be provided with properly plumbed hot and cold running water. Equipment sinks must be National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) approved or the equivalent. Statuto…

1550.3170 CUSTOMER HAND-WASHING SINK. A facility for hand-washing must be provided in the establishment with properly plumbed hot and cold running water, soap, and single service towels or a suitable air drying device. Statutory Authority: MS s 34.09 History: 11 SR 1989 Published…

1550.3200 DEFINITIONS. Subpart 1. Scope. The definitions in this part apply to parts 1550.3200 to 1550.3320. Subp. 2. Analytical unit. "Analytical unit" means that portion of water taken from a sample for the purpose of analysis. Subp. 3. Approved source. "Approved source" means …

1550.3210 PRODUCT QUALITY. Subpart 1. Standards. Bottled water must be from an approved source and must not contain anything in a quantity that may be injurious to health. Bottled water must meet the standards in Minnesota Statutes, section 31.101, subdivision 8, and other rules …

1550.3220 BOTTLED WATER PROCESS REQUIREMENTS. Subpart 1. Filtering; processing; packaging. Bottled water, including mineral water, must be processed and packaged according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, parts 110 and 129, and other rules adopted by the department. Subp…

1550.3230 SOURCE WATER MONITORING. Subpart 1. Sampling and analysis. A plant operator is responsible for sampling and analysis of source water for the contaminants in part 1550.3210. The monitoring must be at least annually for chemical contaminants and weekly for microbiological…

1550.3240 FINISHED PRODUCT MONITORING. Subpart 1. Periodic monitoring. To assure that bottled water complies with part 1550.3210, the following product monitoring using representative samples derived from the bottled product must be performed: A. for microbiological contaminants …

1550.3250 LABELING REQUIREMENTS. Bottled water must conform to Minnesota Statutes, section 31.101, subdivision 8, and be labeled in compliance with items A to L. A. If bottled water comes from a municipal source and has not been treated to meet the definition of distilled water o…

1550.3260 SODA WATER AND SOFT DRINK EXEMPTION. Bottled soft drinks, soda, seltzer, or other products commonly recognized as soft drinks and labeled with a common or usual name other than one of those in part 1550.3200 is exempt from parts 1550.3200 to 1550.3260. Water that is not…

1550.3270 OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS. Water vending machine operators must operate and maintain all water vending machines in a sanitary manner, maintain adequate water quality monitoring, and take investigative or corrective action necessary to assure that a safe and sanitary water i…

1550.3280 VENDING MACHINE REQUIREMENTS. Machines used to dispense vended water must comply with the construction and performance standards set by the National Automatic Merchandising Association and other rules adopted by the department and must: A. be designed and constructed to…

1550.3290 SERVICE; SAMPLING; RECORDS. Subpart 1. Cleaning; maintenance. All parts and surfaces of water vending machines must be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition by the operator. The vending chamber and vending nozzle must be cleaned and sanitized each time the machin…

1550.3300 REVIEW OF PLANS. Before construction or major remodeling of a bottled water plant, or when an existing structure is converted to use as a bottled water plant, properly prepared plans and specifications for construction, major remodeling, or conversion must be submitted …

1550.3310 PREOPERATIONAL INSPECTION. If plans and specifications are required by part 1550.3300, the department must inspect the bottled water plant before the start of operations to determine compliance with the approved plans and specifications and with the requirements of part…

1550.3320 EXISTING BOTTLED WATER PLANTS AND VENDING MACHINES. Building facilities, equipment, and vending machines in use before July 13, 1993, that do not fully meet the design and fabrication requirements of parts 1550.3200 to 1550.3320 are acceptable if they are in good repair…

1550.3350 TEA. "Tea" is the tender leaves, leaf buds, and tender internodes of different varieties of thea sinensis L., prepared and cured by recognized methods of manufacture. It conforms in variety and place of production to the name it bears; contains not less than four percen…

1550.3360 COFFEE. "Coffee" is the seed of cultivated varieties of Coffea arabica, C. liberica and C. robusta. "Green coffee," "raw coffee," "unroasted coffee" is coffee freed from all but a small portion of its spermoderm and conforms in variety and in place of production to the …

1550.3370 VINEGAR, CIDER VINEGAR, APPLE VINEGAR. "Vinegar," "cider vinegar," "apple vinegar," is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the juice of apples and contains in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius) not less than four grams of ac…

1550.3380 WINE VINEGAR, GRAPE VINEGAR. "Wine vinegar," "grape vinegar," is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the juice of grapes and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), not less than four grams of acetic acid. Statutory…

1550.3390 MALT VINEGAR. "Malt vinegar" is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations, without distillation, of an infusion of barley malt or cereals whose starch has been converted by malt and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), no…

1550.3400 SUGAR VINEGAR. "Sugar vinegar" is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of solutions of sugar, syrup, molasses, or refiners' syrup and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), not less than four grams of acetic acid. Stat…

1550.3410 GLUCOSE VINEGAR. "Glucose vinegar" is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of a solution of glucose, is dextrorotatory and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), not less than four grams of acetic acid. Statutory Autho…

1550.3420 SPIRIT VINEGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, GRAIN VINEGAR. "Spirit vinegar," "distilled vinegar," "grain vinegar," is the product made by the acetous fermentation of dilute distilled alcohol and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), not less than four grams of…

1550.3430 SODA WATER. "Soda water" is the class of beverages made by absorbing carbon dioxide in potable water. The amount of carbon dioxide used is not less than that which will be absorbed by the beverage at a pressure of one atmosphere and at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahren…

1550.3440 OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS. Soda water may contain optional ingredients but if any such ingredient is a food additive or a color additive within the meaning of section 201 (s) or (t) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, it is used only in conformity with the requiremen…

1550.3450 NAMES OF BEVERAGES. Subpart 1. Beverage neither flavored nor sweetened. The name of the beverage for which a definition and standard of identity is established by parts 1550.3430 to 1550.3470, which is neither flavored nor sweetened, is soda water, club soda, or plain s…

1550.3460 OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS LABELING. Soda water that contains the optional ingredient caffeine as provided for in part 1550.3440, item H, artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or any combination of these shall be labeled to show that fact by the label statement "with ___…

1550.3470 PLACEMENT OF LABEL STATEMENTS. The label statements prescribed in part 1550.3460 for declaring the optional ingredients present shall appear on a labeling surface of the beverage in such a manner as to render the statement likely to be read by the ordinary individual un…

1550.3480 BACTERIAL, YEAST, AND MOLD STANDARDS FOR NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. No canned or bottled carbonated or still beverages, carbonated, plain, or otherwise, manufactured, mixed, or compounded, shall be sold, offered, or exposed for sale or held in possession for sale in this s…

1550.3490 PURIFIED WATER. "Purified water" is a water produced by distillation, deionization, or by reverse osmosis and shall not contain more than ten parts per million of total dissolved solids and otherwise conforms to the sanitary standards for water. Purified water shall be …

1550.3500 PHOSPHATE BEVERAGE. A product labeled or sold as a phosphate beverage must contain an appreciable amount of phosphoric acid or acid phosphate, with or without other acid material commonly used in the preparation of beverages, provided that none of the acid ingredients a…

1550.3510 INFORMATION ON BOTTLES. The information required to be given on the bottles containing a beverage may appear on a label pasted on the side of the bottle, on the crown or cap, or may be blown in the glass on the side of the bottle, or appear in applied color label on the…

1550.3520 MISBRANDING. The information placed on the bottle by the manufacturer or bottler, whether in the form of a printed label or by means of lettering blown in the glass, must in each case be truly descriptive of the product contained in the bottle. The interchanging of labe…

1550.3530 CERTAIN NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Beverages which conform to cordials, wines, creme de menthe, etc. in all respects except as to alcoholic content, may be labeled as "nonalcoholic cordials," "nonalcoholic creme de menthe," "nonalcoholic wine," etc. as the case may be. Sta…

1550.3540 MODIFIED FRUIT JUICE. Such terms as "apple juice," "grape juice," "loganberry juice," "cherry juice," etc. are applicable only to the pure juice of the fruit specified. A fruit juice which has been modified in any way or to which sugar, dextrose, corn syrup, or corn syr…

1550.3550 PACKAGED POTATOES LABELING. All potatoes offered for sale in packaged form (closed containers): A. shall be labeled with the name "potatoes," the net weight, and the name and address, including the zip code, of the packer or distributor, and said label shall not be fals…

1550.3560 TOM AND JERRY BATTER, TOM AND JERRY MIX. "Tom and Jerry batter," "Tom and Jerry mix," is a manufactured food product consisting of water and sugar or other approved sweeteners to which are added spices and fresh, frozen, or dried egg yolks or whole eggs with or without …

1550.3570 TOM AND JERRY BASE. "Tom and Jerry base" is a manufactured food product containing all of the ingredients of Tom and Jerry batter, Tom and Jerry mix, except that water has been omitted or removed. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.10 Published Electronically: September 23, 2…

1550.3580 LABELING. The name of the food product is "Tom and Jerry batter," "Tom and Jerry mix," and the name of the base is "Tom and Jerry base." The name of the product "Tom and Jerry batter," "Tom and Jerry mix" shall be qualified by the word "pasteurized" and if it is homogen…

1550.3590 LABELING WHEN ARTIFICIAL COLORING IS USED. When any artificial coloring is used in Tom and Jerry batter, Tom and Jerry mix, or Tom and Jerry base, directly or as a component of any ingredient, the label shall bear the words "artificially colored" or "________ an artific…

1550.3600 LABELING WHEN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR IS USED. When artificial flavor is used in Tom and Jerry batter, Tom and Jerry mix, or Tom and Jerry base, either directly or as a component of any ingredient, the label shall bear the words "artificial flavor added" or "artificial ______…

1550.3610 PASTEURIZATION. Every particle of Tom and Jerry batter, Tom and Jerry mix, shall be heated to a temperature of not less than 155 degrees Fahrenheit and held at that temperature for not less than 30 minutes in properly operated equipment approved by the commissioner, or …

1550.3620 COOLING. Immediately after pasteurization such Tom and Jerry batter, Tom and Jerry mix, shall be cooled in properly operated equipment approved by the commissioner to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit, or lower, and held at such temperature until delivered to the f…