Minnesota Administrative Rules

1525.2330 EVALUATION OF LABORATORIES FOR CERTIFICATION.

The following apply to evaluation of milk laboratories for the purpose of certification:

A.

An assessment of the milk laboratory's operation relative to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 32.394, subdivision 4, must be made at the time of application for certification and not less frequently than once each two years afterwards. In the case of a certified milk laboratory that moves to another building that uses another source of tap water, distilled water, or steam supply for the autoclave, a resurvey may be conducted even though no change in personnel or procedures is planned.

B.

Approval of analysts to conduct required laboratory procedures must be based on the ability of the analyst to meet the criteria established in Evaluation of Milk Laboratories -- Recommended by the United States Health Service and its supplements, issued by the Food and Drug Administration and the Public Health Service, relating to standards for sampling, preparation of cultures, viable counts, detection of inhibitory substances, coliform groups, phosphatase tests, and inspection of pasteurized milk containers. An analyst may be approved for one or more procedures and need not be approved to make all tests. Nonetheless, no analyst may perform a procedure for which the analyst has not been approved.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 31.10; 31.101; 31.11; 32.394; 32.415

History:

13 SR 980; 17 SR 1279; 26 SR 627

Published Electronically:

September 26, 2007