190.12  Standards for frozen desserts.
  1.  Frozen desserts and the pasteurized dairy ingredients used in the manufacture thereof, shall comply with the following standards:

Milk, cream, and fluid              Temperature                                Storage at 45 degrees F.

dairy ingredient              Bacterial limit                                50,000 per milliliter

              Coliform limit                                10 per milliliter

Frozen dessert mixes,              Temperature                                Storage at 45 degrees F.

frozen desserts (plain)              Bacterial limit                                50,000 per gram

              Coliform limit                                10 per gram

Dry dairy ingredient              Extra grade or better as defined by

              U.S. Standards for grades for the

              particular product.

Dry powder mix              Bacterial limit                                50,000 per gram

              Coliform limit                                10 per gram

  2.  The bacteria count and coliform determination shall not exceed these standards in three out of the last five consecutive samples taken by the regulatory agency.
  3.  This section shall not preclude holding mix at a higher temperature for a short period of time immediately prior to freezing where applicable to the particular manufacturing or processing practices.
  4.  This section shall not apply to sterilized mix in hermetically sealed containers.
  5.  The coliform determination for bulky flavored frozen desserts shall not be more than twenty per gram.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §190.12]
2009 Acts, ch 133, §74