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:
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Milk, cream, and fluid             Temperature                      Storage at 

dairy ingredient                      45 degrees 

                      Fahrenheit.

             Bacterial limit                      50,000 per 

                      milliliter

             Coliform limit                      10 per milliliter

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Frozen dessert mixes,             Temperature                      Storage at 

frozen desserts (plain)                      45 degrees 

                      Fahrenheit.

             Bacterial limit                      50,000 per gram

             Coliform limit                      10 per gram

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Dry dairy ingredient             Extra grade or better as defined by

             U.S. Standards for grades for the

             particular product.

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Dry powder mix             Bacterial limit                      50,000 per gram

             Coliform limit                      10 per gram

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  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; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §41