Minnesota Administrative Rules

1525.1020 HANDLING OF CONTAINERS AND EQUIPMENT.

Between bactericidal treatment and usage and during usage, containers and equipment shall not be handled or operated in such manner as to permit contamination of dairy products. Pasteurized dairy products or their ingredients shall not be permitted to come in contact with equipment with which unpasteurized dairy products have been in contact, unless the equipment first has been cleaned thoroughly and subjected to a bactericidal treatment approved by the commissioner. No grade A dairy products shall be permitted to come in contact with equipment with which a lower grade of dairy products has been in contact, unless the equipment first has been cleaned thoroughly and subjected to such bactericidal treatment.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 31.10; 31.101; 32.021

Published Electronically:

September 26, 2007