Specifications for receiving—Eggs and milk products, pasteurized (FDA Food Code 3-202.14).
(1) egg products must be obtained pasteurized.
(2) Fluid milk, fluid milk products, dry milk, and dry milk products must meet "Grade A pasteurized" milk standards of chapter
15.36 RCW, except "Grade A raw milk" products meeting standards of chapter
15.36 RCW may be sold in retail stores in the original intact container and not used as an ingredient.
(3) Frozen milk products, such as ice cream, must be obtained pasteurized as specified in 21 C.F.R. 135 - Frozen Desserts.
(4) Cheese must be obtained pasteurized unless alternative procedures to pasteurization are specified in the C.F.R., such as 21 C.F.R. 133 - Cheeses and Related Cheese Products, for curing certain cheese varieties.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
43.20.050 and
43.20.145. WSR 21-01-122, § 246-215-03250, filed 12/15/20, effective 3/1/22; WSR 13-03-109, § 246-215-03250, filed 1/17/13, effective 5/1/13.]