La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § VII-939

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section VII-939 - Thermometers

A. Unless the thermometers and other temperature monitoring instruments and recording devices used in dairy plants are accurate within known limits, there can be no assurance that proper temperatures for cooling, pasteurization, ultra-pasteurizing, aseptic processing, storage, cleaning, etc., are being applied.

B. All thermometers, temperature monitoring instruments, and recording devices used in dairy plants shall conform with the requirements for such thermometers, temperature monitoring instruments, and recording devices contained in the PMO.

C. The operator shall record the temperature, as shown by the indicating thermometer, on the recording chart each time a chart is placed in each recorder and at least once during each 24-hour period of operation.

D. The dairy plant shall test and calibrate all indicating and recording thermometers used in the dairy plant (including CIP system and dairy product storage tank and product storage rooms recording thermometers) at least once in each three-month period using a test thermometer approved by the state health officer. Provided that any thermometers tested and calibrated by the state health officer need not be tested and calibrated by the dairy plant until the lapse of three months from the date they were tested and calibrated by the state health officer.

E. During each inspection of each milk plant's processing operation, the state health officer shall examine and initial a representative sample of each type of recording charts and logs to verify the calibration of monitoring devices and to verify that the operations were conducted in accordance with the requirements of this Part.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § VII-939

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 37:2677 (September 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(1)(a). Also see R.S. 40:5(2)(3)(5)(7)(15)(17) and R.S. 40:922.