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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 217MILK AND DAIRY
SUBCHAPTER AGRADE SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR MILK
RULE §217.1Definitions

  (86) 3-A Sanitary Committee--The committee composed of appointees from the International Association for Food Protection, and the Food and Drug Administration/Public Health Service that reviews and establishes standards for production and processing equipment intended for use in this country.

  (87) Milk tank truck cleaning facility--Any place, premise, or establishment, separate from a milk plant, receiving, or transfer station, where a milk tank truck is cleaned and sanitized.

  (88) Transfer station--Any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are transferred directly from one milk tank truck to another.

  (89) Ultra-pasteurized--The term "ultra-pasteurized," when used to describe a dairy product, means that such product shall have been thermally processed at or above 138 degrees Celsius (280 degrees Fahrenheit) for at least two seconds, either before or after packaging, so as to produce a product which has an extended shelf life under refrigerated conditions.

  (90) Unloading station--Any receiving station, transfer station, or milk processing plant where milk or milk products are unloaded from milk tank trucks.

  (91) Water ices--The foods defined in Title 21, CFR, §135.160.

  (92) Whipped cream--Cream or light whipping cream, into which air or gas has been incorporated.

  (93) Whipped light cream--Light cream into which air or gas has been incorporated.

  (94) Yogurt--The food produced by culturing cream, milk, partially skimmed milk, or skim milk, used alone or in combination with a characterizing bacterial culture that contains the lactic acid-producing bacteria, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. Yogurt is further defined in Title 21, CFR, §131.200.


Source Note: The provisions of this §217.1 adopted to be effective July 4, 2010, 35 TexReg 3038

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