DEFINITIONS

• § 58.100 - OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

• § 58.101 - Meaning of words.

PURPOSE

• § 58.122 - Approved plants under USDA inspection and grading service.

APPROVED PLANTS

• § 58.123 - Survey and approval.

• § 58.124 - Denial or suspension of plant approval.

PREMISES, BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS

• § 58.125 - Premises.

• § 58.126 - Buildings.

• § 58.127 - Facilities.

• § 58.128 - Equipment and utensils.

PERSONNEL, CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH

• § 58.129 - Cleanliness.

• § 58.130 - Health.

PROTECTION AND TRANSPORT OF RAW MILK AND CREAM

• § 58.131 - Equipment and facilities.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAW MILK

• § 58.132 - Basis for classification.

• § 58.133 - Methods for quality and wholesomeness determination.

• § 58.134 - Sediment content for milk in cans.

• § 58.135 - Bacterial estimate.

• § 58.136 - Rejected milk.

• § 58.137 - Excluded milk.

• § 58.138 - Quality testing of milk from new producers.

• § 58.139 - Record of tests.

• § 58.140 - Field service.

• § 58.141 - Alternate quality control program.

OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• § 58.142 - Product quality and stability.

• § 58.143 - Raw product storage.

• § 58.144 - Pasteurization or ultra-pasteurization.

• § 58.145 - Composition and wholesomeness.

• § 58.146 - Cleaning and sanitizing treatment.

• § 58.147 - Insect and rodent control program.

• § 58.148 - Plant records.

• § 58.149 - Alternate quality control programs for dairy products.

PACKAGING AND GENERAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.150 - Containers.

• § 58.151 - Packaging and repackaging.

• § 58.152 - General identification.

STORAGE OF FINISHED PRODUCT

• § 58.153 - Dry storage.

• § 58.154 - Refrigerated storage.

INSPECTION, GRADING AND OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.155 - Grading.

• § 58.156 - Inspection.

• § 58.157 - Inspection or grading certificates.

• § 58.158 - Official identification.

EXPLANATION OF TERMS

• § 58.159 - Terms.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLANTS MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, AND PACKAGING NONFAT DRY MILK, INSTANT NONFAT DRY MILK, DRY WHOLE MILK, AND DRY BUTTERMILK
DEFINITIONS

• § 58.205 - Meaning of words.

ROOMS AND COMPARTMENTS

• § 58.210 - Dry storage of product.

• § 58.211 - Packaging room for bulk products.

• § 58.212 - Hopper or dump room.

• § 58.213 - Repackaging room.

EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS

• § 58.214 - General construction, repair and installation.

• § 58.215 - Pre-heaters.

• § 58.216 - Hotwells.

• § 58.217 - Evaporators and/or vacuum pans.

• § 58.218 - Surge tanks.

• § 58.219 - High pressure pumps and lines.

• § 58.220 - Drying systems.

• § 58.221 - Collectors and conveyors.

• § 58.222 - Dry dairy product cooling equipment.

• § 58.223 - Special treatment equipment.

• § 58.224 - Sifters.

• § 58.225 - Clothing and shoe covers.

• § 58.226 - Portable and stationary bulk bins.

• § 58.227 - Sampling device.

• § 58.228 - Dump hoppers, screens, mixers and conveyors.

• § 58.229 - Filler and packaging equipment.

• § 58.230 - Heavy duty vacuum cleaners.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAW MATERIALS

• § 58.231 - General.

• § 58.232 - Milk.

• § 58.233 - Skim milk.

• § 58.234 -

• § 58.235 - Modified dry milk products.

OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• § 58.236 - Pasteurization and heat treatment.

• § 58.237 - Condensed surge supply.

• § 58.238 - Condensed storage tanks.

• § 58.239 - Drying.

• § 58.240 - Cooling dry products.

• § 58.241 - Packaging, repackaging and storage.

• § 58.242 - Product adulteration.

• § 58.243 - Checking quality.

• § 58.244 - Number of samples.

• § 58.245 - Method of sample analysis.

• § 58.246 - Cleaning of dryers, collectors, conveyors, ducts, sifters and storage bins.

• § 58.247 - Insect and rodent control program.

REQUIREMENTS FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS BEARING USDA OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.248 - Nonfat dry milk.

• § 58.249 - Instant nonfat dry milk.

• § 58.250 - Dry whole milk.

• § 58.251 - Dry buttermilk and dry buttermilk product.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLANTS MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING AND PACKAGING BUTTER AND RELATED PRODUCTS
DEFINITIONS

• § 58.305 - Meaning of words.

ROOMS AND COMPARTMENTS

• § 58.311 - Coolers and freezers.

• § 58.312 - Churn rooms.

• § 58.313 - Print and bulk packaging rooms.

EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS

• § 58.314 - General construction, repair and installation.

• § 58.315 - Continuous churns.

• § 58.316 - Conventional churns.

• § 58.317 - Bulk butter trucks, boats, texturizers, and packers.

• § 58.318 - Butter, frozen or plastic cream melting machines.

• § 58.319 - Printing equipment.

• § 58.320 - Brine tanks.

• § 58.321 - Cream storage tanks.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAW MATERIAL

• § 58.326 - Plastic cream.

• § 58.327 - Frozen cream.

• § 58.328 - Salt.

• § 58.329 - Color.

• § 58.330 - Butter starter cultures.

• § 58.331 - Starter distillate.

• § 58.322 - Cream.

• § 58.323 - [Reserved]

• § 58.324 - Butteroil.

• § 58.325 - Anhydrous milkfat.

OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• § 58.332 - Segregation of raw material.

• § 58.334 - Pasteurization.

• § 58.335 - Quality control tests.

• § 58.336 - Frequency of sampling for quality control of cream, butter and related products.

• § 58.337 - Official test methods.

• § 58.338 - Composition and wholesomeness.

• § 58.339 - Containers.

• § 58.340 - Printing and packaging.

• § 58.341 - Repackaging.

• § 58.342 - General identification.

• § 58.343 - Storage of finished product in coolers.

• § 58.344 - Storage of finished product in freezer.

REQUIREMENTS FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS BEARING USDA OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.345 - Butter.

• § 58.346 - Whipped butter.

• § 58.347 - Butteroil or anhydrous milkfat.

• § 58.348 - Plastic cream.

• § 58.349 - Frozen cream.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLANTS MANUFACTURING AND PACKAGING CHEESE
DEFINITIONS

• § 58.405 - Meaning of words.

ROOMS AND COMPARTMENTS

• § 58.406 - Starter facility.

• § 58.407 - Make room.

• § 58.408 - Brine room.

• § 58.409 - Drying room.

• § 58.410 - Paraffining room.

• § 58.411 - Rindless cheese wrapping area.

• § 58.412 - Coolers or curing rooms.

• § 58.413 - Cutting and packaging rooms.

EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS

• § 58.414 - General construction, repair and installation.

• § 58.415 - Starter vats.

• § 58.416 - Cheese vats, tanks and drain tables.

• § 58.417 - Mechanical agitators.

• § 58.418 - Automatic cheese making equipment.

• § 58.419 - Curd mill and miscellaneous equipment.

• § 58.420 - Hoops, forms and followers.

• § 58.421 - Press.

• § 58.422 - Brine tank.

• § 58.423 - Cheese vacuumizing chamber.

• § 58.424 - Monorail.

• § 58.425 - Conveyor for moving and draining block or barrel cheese.

• § 58.426 - Rindless cheese wrapping equipment.

• § 58.427 - Paraffin tanks.

• § 58.428 - Speciality equipment.

• § 58.429 - Washing machine.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAW MATERIAL

• § 58.430 - Milk.

• § 58.431 - Hydrogen peroxide.

• § 58.432 - Catalase.

• § 58.433 - Cheese cultures.

• § 58.434 - Calcium chloride.

• § 58.435 - Color.

• § 58.436 - Rennet, pepsin, other milk clotting enzymes and flavor enzymes.

• § 58.437 - Salt.

OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• § 58.438 - Cheese from pasteurized milk.

• § 58.439 - Cheese from unpasteurized milk.

• § 58.440 - Make schedule.

• § 58.441 - Records.

• § 58.442 - Laboratory and quality control tests.

• § 58.443 - Whey handling.

• § 58.444 - Packaging and repackaging.

• § 58.445 - General identification.

REQUIREMENTS FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS BEARING USDA OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.446 - Quality requirements.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLANTS MANUFACTURING AND PACKAGING COTTAGE CHEESE
DEFINITIONS

• § 58.505 - Meaning of words.

ROOMS AND COMPARTMENTS

• § 58.510 - Rooms and compartments.

EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS

• § 58.511 - General construction, repair and installation.

• § 58.512 - Cheese vats or tanks.

• § 58.513 - Agitators.

• § 58.514 - Container fillers.

• § 58.515 - Mixers.

• § 58.516 - Starter vats.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAW MATERIAL

• § 58.517 - General.

• § 58.518 - Milk.

• § 58.519 - Dairy products.

• § 58.520 - Nondairy ingredients.

OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• § 58.521 - Pasteurization and product flow.

• § 58.522 - Reconstituting nonfat dry milk.

• § 58.523 - Laboratory and quality control tests.

• § 58.524 - Packaging and general identification.

• § 58.525 - Storage of finished product.

REQUIREMENTS FOR COTTAGE CHEESE BEARING USDA OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.526 - Official identification.

• § 58.527 - Physical requirements.

• § 58.528 - Microbiological requirements.

• § 58.529 - Chemical requirements.

• § 58.530 - Keeping quality requirements.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLANTS MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING AND PACKAGING FROZEN DESSERTS
DEFINITIONS

• § 58.605 - Meaning of words.

ROOMS AND COMPARTMENTS

• § 58.619 - Mix processing room.

• § 58.620 - Freezing and packaging rooms.

• § 58.621 - Freezing tunnels.

• § 58.622 - Hardening and storage rooms.

EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS

• § 58.623 - Homogenizer.

• § 58.624 - Freezers.

• § 58.625 - Fruit or syrup feeders.

• § 58.626 - Packaging equipment.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAW MATERIAL

• § 58.627 - Milk and dairy products.

• § 58.628 - Sweetening agents.

• § 58.629 - Flavoring agents.

• § 58.630 - Stabilizers.

• § 58.631 - Emulsifiers.

• § 58.632 - Acid.

• § 58.633 - Color.

OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• § 58.634 - Assembling and combining mix ingredients.

• § 58.635 - Pasteurization of the mix.

• § 58.636 - Homogenization.

• § 58.637 - Cooling the mix.

• § 58.638 - Freezing the mix.

• § 58.639 - Addition of flavor.

• § 58.640 - Packaging.

• § 58.641 - Hardening and storage.

• § 58.642 - Quality control tests.

• § 58.643 - Frequency of sampling.

• § 58.644 - Test methods.

• § 58.645 - General identification.

REQUIREMENTS FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS BEARING USDA OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.646 - Official identification.

• § 58.647 - Composition requirements for ice cream.

• § 58.648 - Microbiological requirements for ice cream.

• § 58.649 - Physical requirements for ice cream.

• § 58.650 - Requirements for frozen custard.

• § 58.651 - [Reserved]

• § 58.652 - Composition requirements for sherbet.

• § 58.653 - Microbiological requirements for sherbet.

• § 58.654 - Physical requirements for sherbet.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLANTS MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING AND PACKAGING PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEESE AND RELATED PRODUCTS
DEFINITIONS

• § 58.705 - Meaning of words.

EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS

• § 58.706 - General construction, repair and installation.

• § 58.707 - Conveyors.

• § 58.708 - Grinders or shredders.

• § 58.709 - Cookers.

• § 58.710 - Fillers.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAW MATERIAL

• § 58.711 - Cheddar, colby, washed or soaked curd, granular or stirred curd cheese.

• § 58.712 - Swiss.

• § 58.713 - Gruyere.

• § 58.714 - Cream cheese, Neufchatel cheese.

• § 58.715 - Cream, plastic cream and anhydrous milkfat.

• § 58.716 - Nonfat dry milk.

• § 58.717 - Whey.

• § 58.718 - Flavor ingredients.

• § 58.719 - Coloring.

• § 58.720 - Acidifying agents.

• § 58.721 - Salt.

• § 58.722 - Emulsifying agents.

OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• § 58.723 - Basis for selecting cheese for processing.

• § 58.724 - Blending.

• § 58.725 - Trimming and cleaning.

• § 58.726 - Cutting and grinding.

• § 58.727 - Adding optional ingredients.

• § 58.728 - Cooking the batch.

• § 58.729 - Forming containers.

• § 58.730 - Filling containers.

• § 58.731 - Closing and sealing containers.

• § 58.732 - Cooling the packaged cheese.

• § 58.733 - Quality control tests.

REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCESSED CHEESE PRODUCTS BEARING USDA OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.734 - Official identification.

• § 58.735 - Quality specifications for raw materials.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS

• § 58.736 - Pasteurized process cheese.

• § 58.737 - Pasteurized process cheese food.

• § 58.738 - Pasteurized process cheese spread and related products.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLANTS MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, AND PACKAGING WHEY, WHEY PRODUCTS AND LACTOSE
DEFINITIONS

• § 58.805 - Meaning of words.

ROOMS AND COMPARTMENTS

• § 58.806 - General.

EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS

• § 58.807 - General construction, repair and installation.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAW MATERIALS

• § 58.808 - Whey.

OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• § 58.809 - Pasteurization.

• § 58.810 - Temperature requirements.

• § 58.811 - General.

• § 58.812 - Methods of sample analysis.

REQUIREMENTS FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS BEARING USDA OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.813 - Dry whey.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLANTS MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, AND PACKAGING EVAPORATED AND CONDENSED MILK OR ULTRA-PASTEURIZED PRODUCTS
DEFINITIONS

• § 58.905 - Meaning of words.

EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS

• § 58.912 - General construction, repair and installation.

• § 58.913 - Evaporators and vacuum pans.

• § 58.914 - Fillers.

• § 58.915 - Batch or continuous in-container thermal processing equipment.

• § 58.916 - Homogenizer.

OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• § 58.917 - General.

• § 58.918 - Standardization.

• § 58.919 - Pre-heat, pasteurization.

• § 58.920 - Homogenization.

• § 58.921 - Concentration.

• § 58.922 - Thermal processing.

• § 58.923 - Filling containers.

• § 58.924 - Aseptic filling.

• § 58.925 - Sweetened condensed.

• § 58.926 - Heat stability.

• § 58.927 - Storage.

• § 58.928 - Quality control tests.

• § 58.929 - Frequency of sampling for quality control.

• § 58.930 - Official test methods.

• § 58.931 - General identification.

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAW MATERIALS

• § 58.932 - Milk.

• § 58.933 - Stabilizers.

• § 58.934 - Sugars.

• § 58.935 - Chocolate and cocoa.

REQUIREMENTS FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS BEARING USDA OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION

• § 58.936 - Milk.

• § 58.937 - Physical requirements for evaporated milk.

• § 58.938 - Physical requirements and microbiological limits for sweetened condensed milk.