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330 CMR: DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
9/20/96
330 CMR - 149
330CMR 27.00:STANDARDS AND SANITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADE A RAW
MILK
Section
27.01: Scope and Purpose
27.02: Definitions
27.03: Animal Health
27.04: Personnel Health
27.05: Standards for Grade "A" Raw Milk for Pasteurization, Ultra Pasteurization and Aseptic Processing
27.06: Standards for Grade "A" Raw Milk for Retail
27.07: Sanitation Requirements for Grade "A" Raw Milk
27.08: Additional Sanitation Requirements for Grade "A" Raw Milk for Retail Sale
27.09: Review of Plans for Construction or Remodeling of Milking Centers
27.10: Administration and Enforcement
27.11: Certificate of Registration: Issuance
27.12: Inspections
27.13: Examination of Milk
27.14: Enforcement Standards
27.15: Hearings
27.16: Certificate: Suspension or Revocation
27.17: Orders for Suspension or Revocation
27.18: Certificate: Reinstatement after Suspension
27.19: Grade A Fluid Milk from Outside the Commonwealth
27.20: Severability
27.21: Adoption of the Appendixes to the Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance
27.01: Scope and Purpose
330 CMR 27.00 establishes standards and sanitation requirements for raw milk and milk
products for pasteurization, ultra pasteurization or aseptic processing and standards and
sanitization requirements for raw milk for retail sale. It is applicable to all regulations filed
pursuant to M.G.L. c. 94, § 13. It describes the requirements for producing and processing raw
milkby all producers holding a Massachusetts Dairy Farm Certificate of Registration. The
purpose of 330 CMR 27.00 is to provide sanitary standards for the production, processing, and
sale of fluid milk.
27.02: Definitions
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of 330 CMR 27.00:
Adulterated - in the case of milk or milk products, means the definition in M.G.L. c. 94, § 186
which pertains to food.
Aseptic Processing - means the process whereby milk or a milk product has been subjected to
sufficientheat processing and packaged in a hermetically sealed container in conformance with
the applicable requirements of 21 CFR 113 and the provisions of 105 CMR 541.010(S), (T) and
(U) to maintain the commercial sterility of the product under normal nonrefrigerated conditions.
Board of Health - means the appropriate and legally designated health authority of the city, town,
or other legally constituted governmental unit within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts having
the usual powers and duties of the board of health of a city or town.
Bulk Milk Pickup Tanker - means a vehicle, including the truck and tank and those appurtenances
necessary for its use, used by a milk hauler to transport bulk raw milk for pasteurization from a
dairy farm to a transfer station, receiving station or pasteurization plant.
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