Section 35832 Of Article 4. Pasteurized And Raw Market Milk From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 15. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
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. (a) Repasteurized milk may only be reprocessed and sold as a
"Grade A" product under the following conditions and restrictions:
(1) Milk and milk products drained from processing equipment at
the end of a run, collected from a defoamer system, and milk or milk
product solids rinsed from equipment, containers, or pipelines shall
be repasteurized only if that milk or those milk products are handled
in a sanitary manner and maintained at 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7
degrees Celsius) or less. When the handling or cooling, or both, of
that milk or those milk products is not in compliance with this
requirement, they shall be discarded.
(2) Equipment, designated areas, or rooms utilized for handling,
processing, and storage of returned packaged milk or milk products
are maintained, operated, cleaned, and sanitized so as to preclude
the contamination of Grade A products and equipment and the Grade A
operations. The repasteurization of milk and milk products shipped in
milk tank trucks, which have been pasteurized at another Grade A
milk plant and have been handled in a sanitary manner and maintained
at 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) or less, is permitted.
(3) Packaged milk and milk products that have physically left the
premises of the processing plant shall not be repasteurized for Grade
A use.
(4) Milk and milk products from damaged, punctured, or otherwise
contaminated containers, or milk products from out-of-code
containers, shall not be repasteurized for Grade A use.
(5) All milk and milk products that have overflowed, leaked, or
been spilled or improperly handled shall be discarded.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the secretary may, on a
specific request, authorize reprocessing of packaged milk and milk
products provided all other requirements of this section, including
proper storage temperature and container integrity, are complied
with.