Pennsylvania Administrative Code

§ 59a.373. Operations and operating procedures. (a) Cheese from pasteurized milk. (1) When the cheese is labeled as pasteurized, the milk shall be pasteurized by subjecting every particle of milk to a minimum temperature of 161° F for at least 15 seconds. (2) HTST pasteurization …

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FORPLANTS MANUFACTURING, PROCESSINGAND PACKAGING PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEESE AND RELATED PRODUCTS § 59a.381. Equipment and utensils. (a) General construction, repair and installation. The equipment and utensils used for the handling and processing of chee…

§ 59a.382. Operations and operating procedures. (a) Trimming and cleaning. The natural cheese shall be cleaned free of all nonedible portions. Paraffin and bandages as well as rind surfaces, mold or unclean areas of another part which is unwholesome or unappetizing shall be remov…

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FORPLANTS MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING AND PACKAGING EVAPORATED, CONDENSED OR STERILIZED MILK PRODUCTS § 59a.391. Equipment and utensils. (a) General construction, repair and installation. The equipment and utensils used for processing and packaging evapora…

§ 59a.392. Operations and operating procedures. (a) Preheat, pasteurization. When pasteurization is intended or required by either the vat method, HTST method, or by the UHT method it shall be accomplished by systems and equipment meeting the requirements of § 59a.304 (relating t…

§ 59a.4. Approved inspectors. (a) Application. A person may apply to the Department to be licensed as an approved inspector for purposes of the act and this chapter. The Department will provide application forms, or the renewal forms described in subsection (d), upon request to t…

§ 59a.401. Raw milk; general. This subchapter prescribes the permitting, testing and inspection requirements that are applicable to persons seeking to sell raw milk for human consumption.

§ 59a.402. Raw milk; prohibitions. (a) Sale of raw milk without permit. A person may not sell raw milk for human consumption without having a current raw milk permit issued by the Department. The term ‘‘sell’’ includes the selling, exchanging, delivering or having in possession, …

§ 59a.403. Raw milk permit. (a) Application. A raw milk permit application may be obtained by contacting the Department at the address in § 59a.3 (relating to contacting the Department). (b) Duration. A raw milk permit will be valid for no more than 1 year. Each raw milk permit w…

§ 59a.404. Requirements for the issuance of a raw milk permit. (a) Preissuance inspection. (1) New raw milk permits. Prior to issuing a raw milk permit, the Department will inspect the dairy farm that is the subject of a new raw milk permit application to determine whether the da…

§ 59a.405. Sanitation. A raw milk permitholder shall maintain and operate the subject dairy operation in compliance with the same sanitation and handling standards that are applicable to the production of milk for pasteurization, as set forth in § 59a.19 (relating to standards fo…

§ 59a.406. Animal health. (a) General. A raw milk permitholder shall monitor the health of the animals from which the raw milk for human consumption is produced to ensure that they are in general good health and free of tuberculosis and brucellosis. (b) Confirmation of brucellosi…

§ 59a.407. Regular testing of water supply. (a) General requirement of safe and sanitary water. The water supply for a dairy operation that produces raw milk for human consumption under a raw milk permit must be safe and sanitary. (b) Testing frequency. The water supply for a dai…

§ 59a.408. Regular testing of raw milk for human consumption. (a) Responsibility. A raw milk permitholder shall be responsible to arrange for the regular sampling and testing required with respect to the raw milk permit, and to pay for this testing. (b) Testing laboratories. Raw …

§ 59a.409. Violations of raw milk testing standards. (a) Bacterial count, somatic cell count, coliform count or cooling temperature tests. (1) If two of the last four tested raw milk samples exceed the bacterial count, somatic cell count or coliform count standards or cooling tem…

§ 59a.410. Raw milk packaging. (a) Sales or delivery on premises other than the farm where the raw milk for human consumption is produced. When raw milk for human consumption is packaged for sale or delivery at a location other than the farm where the raw milk for human consumpti…

§ 59a.411. Label content review by the Department. (a) Raw milk in containers owned by the raw milk permitholder. (1) General label statements. If raw milk for human consumption is prepackaged for sale in containers that are owned by the raw milk permitholder, the labeling on the…

§ 59a.412. Inspection, sampling and testing by the Department. A raw milk permitholder shall allow the Department and its personnel to inspect the dairy operation that is the subject of the permit, review records, draw samples, conduct tests and take other actions necessary to th…

§ 59a.413. Enforcement: Suspension or revocation of a raw milk permit. (a) General. The Department may take action to suspend or revoke a raw milk permit if a permitholder does not comply with the act or this chapter. (b) Procedure. (1) The act requires that the Department provid…

§ 59a.414. Enforcement: Summary criminal prosecution. If a raw milk permitholder violates any provision of the act or this chapter, the Department may file a summary prosecution against a raw milk permitholder for the violation. The violation is graded as a summary offense.

§ 59a.415. Enforcement: Injunctions. The Department may ask the Attorney General to initiate legal action to enjoin a person from selling raw milk for human consumption without the required raw milk permit or from violating the act or this chapter. Violations of an injunction can…

§ 59a.416. Enforcement: Seizure, condemnation, denaturing or destruction of raw milk; exclusion from sale. (a) Seizure, condemnation, denaturing or destruction of raw milk. Whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary, a given supply of raw milk or raw milk products is considered un…

§ 59a.5. Standards for Pennsylvania-approved dairy laboratories, official laboratories and other laboratories; reports of results. (a) General standards. A Pennsylvania-approved dairy laboratory, an official laboratory or another laboratory that conducts sampling or laboratory ex…

§ 59a.501. Interrelatedness with Food Safety Act. The subject matter of the act and this chapter overlaps with the subject matter of the Food Act (repealed) and the regulations promulgated under authority of that statute in Chapter 46 (relating to food code). This chapter does no…

§ 7.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Accredited veterinarian—A licensed veterinarian jointly accredited by APHIS-USDA and the Department in the state the veterina…

§ 7.11. Quarantine required on herd. Herds where a brucellosis reactor has been disclosed on an official test will be placed under quarantine. Source The provisions of this § 7.11 amended June 13, 1975, effective June 14, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 1538. Immediately preceding text appears at …

§ 7.12. Quarantine tagging and branding. Reactors shall be quarantine tagged and branded on the left cheek using a hot brand with the letter ‘‘B.’’ This letter may be not less than 2 inches high and 1½ inches wide with the mark not less than ¼ inch wide. The branding may not be c…

§ 7.13. Appraisal and slaughter. (a) Reactors shall be appraised for indemnity purposes. The appraised value shall be the current replacement value at the time of appraisal and depends on a number of conditions as provided in Chapter 8 (relating to appraisal and indemnity for dis…

§ 7.14. Permits for movement from quarantined herds. (a) Reactors shall be kept in quarantine and may not be removed from the premises except on a written permit from the Department or USDA-APHIS. (b) Negative animals in quarantined herds may not be removed from the premises exce…

§ 7.15. Reactors sold for salvage and indemnity. (a) Reactors shall be sold on competitive bids in a manner to yield the highest possible salvage. (b) When bids have been obtained the movement of the reactors shall be permitted with the understanding that they will be purchased a…

§ 7.16. Cleaning and disinfecting. The herd owner shall complete the cleaning of his premises within 15 days after the removal of the reactors and the premises shall be disinfected under the supervision of the Department using an approved disinfectant. Source The provisions of th…

§ 7.21. Conditions required for retesting. (a) Retests may not be authorized until reactors are disposed of and the premises have been properly cleaned and disinfected. (b) The length of time between retests will be determined by the Department and will be dependent upon the amou…

§ 7.22. Reactors on retest. Reactors found on retests shall be identified as in a previous test of the herd; or as the offspring of dams previously tested in the herd; or as animals that have been added to the herd. These additions will not be eligible for indemnity as stated in …

§ 7.23. Quarantine period. Brucellosis infected herds shall be placed under quarantine and animals may not be moved from the herds for addition to other herds until the herds are credited with at least two consecutive negative blood tests. The first test shall be conducted 30 day…

§ 7.24. Milk for human or animal consumption. (a) The sale of milk for human or animal consumption is prohibited unless the herd, that is, all animals that have freshened or are over 24 months of age, has been blood tested for brucellosis within 12 months by an accredited veterin…

§ 7.25. Milk for human or animal consumption from herds of cattle or goats quarantined because of brucellosis. (a) Milk cannot be sold unless the herd has been retested following the provisions of § 7.23 (relating to quarantine period). (b) Milk from brucellosis reactors cannot b…

§ 7.3. Reports and blood samples. Diagnostic tests for brucellosis shall be requested utilizing an official serology and tuberculosis test report Form AAI-11. These requests shall be sent with the blood samples to the Department of Agriculture Laboratory, Post Office Box 367, Sum…

§ 7.4. Identification of cattle. (a) Purebred and registered animals shall be identified by an official ear tag number, age or date of birth, sex and registry number. (b) Grade animals shall be identified by an official ear tag number, name and description. Source The provisions …

§ 7.41. Requirements for participation. To participate in the individual certified herd plan, the owner shall sign an agreement to have the herd retested annually at his own expense by an accredited veterinarian and the herd shall be negative for two consecutive herd tests at an …

§ 7.42. Maintenance of certified herd. (a) Certified status shall be maintained if the herd passes an annual negative blood test conducted within 10 to 14 months as stated on the authorization and all herd additions qualify as stated in § 7.47 (relating to herd additions). (b) Th…

§ 7.43. Reactor on annual blood test. The herd certification status will be lost if reactors are disclosed in the herd and will not be renewed until the next annual negative test after quarantine revocation. Source The provisions of this § 7.43 amended June 13, 1975, effective Ju…

§ 7.44. Suspects on annual blood test. If suspicious vaccinates over 18 months or unvaccinated suspects are revealed by the annual blood test for brucellosis the certification shall be void until the suspects are retested and found negative. If suspects are not available for rete…

§ 7.45. Milk ring test suspect herd. Certified herds that are classified as brucellosis ring test suspicious herds shall retain their status if a complete herd blood test is negative when applied within 30 days. Animals are ineligible for health charts during this period until a …

§ 7.46. Annual retests. Annual retests shall be complete. Animals whose blood samples are hemolyzed, broken or contain insufficient serum shall be rebled and found negative and animals not tested shall be bled and found negative before the herd can receive proper credit for recer…

§ 7.47. Herd additions. (a) Additions to herds shall be accompanied with valid health charts and verified by an accredited veterinarian on the record of herd change and meet the requirements of Chapter 3, Subchapters B and I (relating to importation of cattle, goats and buffalo; …

§ 7.5. Animals to be tested. (a) Individual plan, first year. Blood for agglutination test shall be collected from unvaccinated animals 12 months of age and older and from officially vaccinated animals 18 months of age and older. (b) Individual plan, second year and area plan her…

§ 7.51. Designation and certification of areas. Designation and certification of areas shall conform with 9 CFR Part 78 (relating to brucellosis). Source The provisions of this § 7.51 amended June 13, 1975, effective June 14, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 1538; amended August 16, 1991, effective…