Virginia Administrative Code

A. Except for flavoring ingredients, the entire mix shall be pasteurized after formulation. A frozen dairy dessert mix must be repasteurized at the receiving plant before being offered for sale, unless the State Regulatory Agency grants permission for the frozen dairy dessert mix…

After heat treatment or pasteurization, processed fluid milk products, including mix except for sterilized mix in hermetically sealed containers, shall be cooled promptly to 45°F (7.2°C) or lower and maintained at that temperature until used, provided that storage or holding tank…

A. Utensils and portable equipment used in processing operations shall be stored above the floor in clean, dry locations, and in self-draining positions on racks constructed of impervious, corrosion-resistant material. B. Dripped or spilled products or ingredients shall not be so…

Frozen desserts and mix shall be packaged in commercially acceptable containers made of packaging material that will protect the quality of the contents in regular channels of trade. Metal containers shall be free from rust, cracks, or unsanitary conditions. Prior to use, closure…

Mix or frozen desserts in broken, opened or partially full containers may be returned to the plant for inspection after delivery, but shall not be sold or used for making mix or frozen desserts. Statutory Authority§§ 3.2-5201 and 3.2-5212 of the Code of Virginia.

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Lubricants approved for use on milk product contact surfaces that are applied to filling machine pistons, cylinders, pumps, and valves shall be approved for food-grade use and applied in a sanitary manner.Statutory Authority§§ 3.2-5201 and 3.2-5212 of the Code of Virginia.

A. Plant employees shall wash their hands before beginning work and upon returning to work after using toilet facilities, eating, smoking, or otherwise soiling their hands. Plant employees shall keep their hands clean and follow good hygienic practices while on duty. Expectoratin…

A. No person who is affected with any disease in a communicable form or who is a carrier of a communicable disease may work at any frozen desserts plant in any capacity that would bring the person in contact with the production, handling, storage, or transportation of milk, milk …

A plant shall, at reasonable times, make available for examination by the State Regulatory Agency all records that this chapter and 21 CFR Part 117 Subpart C, if applicable, require the plant to maintain.Statutory Authority§§ 3.2-5201 and 3.2-5212 of the Code of Virginia.

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Recorder charts showing the pasteurization record for each day shall be appropriately marked with the name of the product for each batch, date, time, and signature of the operator, and the markings made by the recording device shall not overlap. Recorder charts showing the CIP re…

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A. Sherbet is the food prepared from the same ingredients and in the same manner, including labeling, as prescribed in 21 CFR 135.140. B. Sherbet mix is the pasteurized, unfrozen combination of ingredients that, when frozen while stirring, produces a product conforming to the des…

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "AOAC" means the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. "Automated instrument methods" means any contrivance, machine, or device manuf…

A. The automated light scattering method may be used in determining the fat content of raw, unhomogenized milk. B. The infrared milk analyzer method may be used for the direct determination of fat, protein, and lactose, and the indirect determination of total solids in milk as ou…

A. No person shall operate automated testing equipment to determine the fat, protein, and lactose content of milk for the purpose of official inspection, check testing, or as a basis for payment in buying or selling unless facility and equipment requirements have been satisfied a…

The Babcock method or other means approved by the State Regulatory Authority for determining the fat content of milk shall be used as the reference method to establish and maintain the calibration of automated testing instruments. Methods approved by the State Regulatory Authorit…

A. The following records for each automated instrument shall be made on approved forms and kept on file for a period of 12 months at the place where the automated instrument is used. These records are: 1. Initial and subsequent calibrations 2. Weekly calibration checks 3. Daily p…

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services or his agents are empowered in the performance of their duties to enter upon and to have free access to any establishment or area subject of this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, obstruct, cause undue de…

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Adulterated milk" means any milk that meets one or more of the conditions specified in § 402 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as a…

No permit holder may construct, reconstruct, or modify a milkhouse, milking barn, stable, parlor, transfer station, receiving station, or dairy plant regulated under this chapter without submitting to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services written plans for …

No person may produce, provide, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or store in the Commonwealth of Virginia or bring, send, or receive into the Commonwealth of Virginia any manufactured dairy product in final package form for direct human consumption unless (i) t…

A. No person affected with any disease in a communicable form, or while a carrier of a communicable disease, may work at any dairy farm or dairy plant in any capacity which brings the person into contact with the production, handling, storage, or transportation of milk or dairy p…

When reasonable cause exists to suspect the possibility of transmission of infection of a communicable disease from any person concerned with the handling of milk or dairy products to any other person, the person concerned with the handling of milk or dairy products and the perso…

A. This chapter is based on the USDA Milk for Manufacturing Purposes and its Production and Processing-Recommended Requirements, effective July 21, 2011. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with …

Standardized cheeses and related products shall comply with the specific standards of identity established for each cheese or related product under 21 CFR Part 133 and the requirements of this chapter. Standardized cheeses and related products include: asiago fresh cheese; asiago…

Nonstandardized cheese and related products shall be made only from pasteurized milk or dairy ingredients (milk, milk products, or dairy products) that have all been pasteurized in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. Statutory Authority§§ 3.2-5206 of the Code of Vir…

A. No person may produce, provide, sell, offer, expose for sale, or possess, any adulterated or misbranded milk for manufacturing purposes or dairy product. B. Any person who produces, provides, sells, offers, exposes for sale, or possesses, any adulterated or misbranded milk for…

A. No person may produce, provide, sell, offer for sale, or store in the Commonwealth of Virginia, or bring, send, or receive into the Commonwealth of Virginia, any milk for manufacturing purposes unless the person possesses a permit from the Virginia Department of Agriculture an…

No person may produce, provide, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or store in the Commonwealth of Virginia, or bring, send into, or receive into the Commonwealth of Virginia any milk or dairy product that is not labeled in compliance with the following: 1. The permit holder's da…

A. No person may produce, provide, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or store in the Commonwealth of Virginia, or bring, send, or receive into the Commonwealth of Virginia any milk for manufacturing purposes or dairy products which do not comply with the following: 1. Milk for m…

A. Each person whose dairy plant qualifies as a small-scale cheese plant as defined in this regulation shall be exempt from complying with the provisions of: 1. 2VAC5-531-50 O to test all milk for residues of beta lactam drugs prior to processing; 2. 2VAC5 531-70 C 1 b to constru…

No person may produce, provide, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, store in the Commonwealth of Virginia or bring, send, or receive into the Commonwealth of Virginia any milk for manufacturing purposes unless the person complies with the following requirements: 1. Milk for manufa…

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Each and every container of liquid or powdered infant formula made from two or more ingredients, and represented or intended as a replacement or supplement for milk, shall conspicuously show in common and express terms the calendar month and year after which the product is not to…

The expiration date (the date after which the product is not to be sold or used for human consumption) shall be determined by the manufacturer, based on empirical data when available; or, in its absence, shall be determined by other verifiable scientific means. Statutory Authorit…