7 CFR 58.810
§ 58.810 Temperature requirements.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 58.810, § 58.810 Temperature requirements, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/16300
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(a) Unless processed within 2 hours, all whey or condensed whey, except acid type whey with a titratable acidity of 0.40 percent or above, or a pH of 4.6 or below, shall be cooled to 45 °F or less, or heated to 145 °F or higher. Other temperatures may be used when essential for the technology of the process, such as lactose crystallization and membrane whey separation processes, when the quality and wholesomeness of the product is not impaired.
(b) Recording thermometers shall be required and so located to assure that the cooling or heating requirements in paragraph (a) of this section are met.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.