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New York Codes Rules Regulations (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 1. Department of Agriculture and Markets |
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Chapter I. Milk Control* |
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Subchapter A. Dairy Products (Article 4, Agriculture and Markets Law) |
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Part 3. Requirements for the Production, Processing and Distribution of Grade a Condensed Milk, Dry Milk Products, Condensed Whey and Dry Whey Products |
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Sanitation Requirements for All Condensing Plants and Drying Plants Making Grade a Condensed Milk Products, Dry Milk Products, Condensed Whey and Dry Whey |
Sec. 3.13. Separate rooms—Item 5p
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- (a) Pasteurizing, processing, cooling and condensing are conducted in a single room(s), but not in the same room(s) used for the cleaning of milk cans and portable storage bins or the unloading and/or cleaning and sanitization of milk tank trucks.(b) All bulk milk or whey storage tanks are vented into a room used for pasteurization, processing or cooling operations, or into a storage tank gallery room; provided that vents located elsewhere, which are adequately equipped with air filters so as to preclude the contamination of the milk or whey, shall be considered satisfactory.(c) Solid doors installed in required partitions are self-closing.(d) Facilities for the cleaning and sanitizing of milk tank trucks are properly equipped for manual and/or mechanical operations. When such facilities are not provided on the plant premises, these operations shall be performed at a receiving station, transfer station or separate tank-washing installation.(e) All rooms in which milk, milk products, whey, condensed or dry milk products are handled, processed or stored, or in which containers, utensils and equipment are washed or stored, do not open directly into any stable or any room used for domestic purposes.(f) All rooms shall be of sufficient size for their intended purposes.