7 CFR Part 58
PART 58—GRADING AND INSPECTION, GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR APPROVED PLANTS AND STANDARDS FOR GRADES OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
- PART 58—GRADING AND INSPECTION, GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR APPROVED PLANTS AND STANDARDS FOR GRADES OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
- Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture › Chapter I—Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture › Subchapter C—Requirements and Standards Under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 and the Egg Products Inspection Act
- Subpart A—Provisions Governing the Inspection and Grading Services of Manufactured or Processed Dairy Products
- Definitions
- § 58.1 Meaning of words.
- § 58.2 Designation of official certificates, memoranda, marks, identifications, and devices for purpose of the Agricultural Marketing Act.
- Administration
- § 58.3 Authority.
- Inspection or Grading Service
- § 58.4 Basis of service.
- § 58.5 Where service is offered.
- § 58.6 Supervision of service.
- § 58.7 Who may obtain service.
- § 58.8 How to make application.
- § 58.9 Form of application.
- § 58.10 Filing of application.
- § 58.11 Approval of application.
- § 58.12 When application may be rejected.
- § 58.13 When application may be withdrawn.
- § 58.14 Authority of applicant.
- § 58.15 Accessibility and condition of product.
- § 58.16 Disposition of samples.
- § 58.17 Order of service.
- § 58.18 Inspection or grading certificates, memoranda, or reports.
- § 58.19 Issuance of inspection or grading certificates.
- § 58.20 Disposition of inspection or grading certificates or reports.
- § 58.21 Advance information.
- Appeal Inspection or Grading and Reinstatement of Regrading
- § 58.22 When appeal inspection or grading may be requested.
- § 58.23 How to obtain appeal inspection or grading.
- § 58.24 Record of filing time.
- § 58.25 When an application for appeal inspection or grading may be refused.
- § 58.26 When an application for an appeal inspection or grading may be withdrawn.
- § 58.27 Order in which appeal inspections or gradings are performed.
- § 58.28 Who shall make appeal inspections or gradings.
- § 58.29 Appeal inspection or grading certificate or report.
- § 58.30 Application for reinspection or regrading.
- § 58.31 Reinspection or regrading certificate or report.
- § 58.32 Superseded certificates or reports.
- Licensing of Inspectors or Graders
- § 58.33 Who may be licensed.
- § 58.34 Suspension or revocation of license.
- § 58.35 Surrender of license.
- § 58.36 Identification.
- § 58.37 Financial interest of licensees.
- Fees and Charges
- § 58.38 Payment of fees and charges.
- § 58.39 Fees for holiday or other nonworktime.
- § 58.40 Fees for appeal inspection or grading.
- § 58.41 Fees for additional copies of certificates.
- § 58.42 Travel expenses and other charges.
- § 58.43 Fees for inspection, grading, sampling, and certification.
- § 58.45 Fees for continuous resident services.
- § 58.46 Fees for service performed under cooperative agreement.
- Marking, Branding, and Identifying Product
- § 58.49 Authority to use official identification.
- § 58.50 Approval and form of official identification.
- § 58.51 Information required on official identification.
- § 58.52 Time limit for packaging inspected or graded products with official identification.
- Prerequisites to Packaging Products With Official Identification
- § 58.53 Supervisor of packaging required.
- § 58.54 Packing and packaging room and equipment.
- § 58.55 Facilities for keeping quality samples.
- § 58.56 Incubation of product samples.
- § 58.57 Product not eligible for packaging with official identification.
- Violations
- § 58.58 Debarment of service.
- Miscellaneous
- § 58.61 Political activity.
- § 58.62 Report of violations.
- § 58.63 Other applicable regulations.
- § 58.64 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
- Subpart B—General Specifications for Dairy Plants Approved for USDA Inspection and Grading Service 1
- 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.
- 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 Buttermilk.
- § 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.
- 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
- § 58.322 Cream.
- § 58.323 [Reserved]
- § 58.324 Butteroil.
- § 58.325 Anhydrous milkfat.
- § 58.326 Plastic cream.
- § 58.327 Frozen cream.
- § 58.328 Salt.
- § 58.329 Color.
- § 58.330 Butter starter cultures.
- § 58.331 Starter distillate.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Subparts C-V [Reserved]
- Subpart W—United States Department of Agriculture Standard for Ice Cream
- § 58.2825 United States Standard for ice cream.
- § 58.2826 General identification.
- § 58.2827 Official identification.
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