Grade 'A' Pasteurized Milk Ordinance. (Includes Provisions from the Grade 'A' Condensed and Dry Milk Products and Condensed and Dry Whey-Supplement I to the Grade 'A' PMO). 2003 Revision

摘要

USPHS activities in the area of milk sanitation began at the turn of the century with studies on the role of milk in the spread of disease. These studies led to the conclusion that effective public health control of milkborne disease requires the application of sanitation measures throughout the production, handling, pasteurization, and distribution of milk and milk products. These early studies were followed by research to identify and evaluate sanitary measures, which might be used to control disease, including studies that led to improvement of the pasteurization process. To assist States and Municipalities in initiating and maintaining effective programs for the prevention of milkborne disease, the USPHS, in 1924, developed a model regulation known as the Standard Milk Ordinance for voluntary adoption by State and Local Milk Control Agencies. To provide for the uniform interpretation of this Ordinance, an accompanying Code was published in 1927, which provided administrative and technical details as to satisfactory compliance. This model milk regulation, now titled the Grade 'A' Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (Grade 'A' PMO), 2003 Revision, incorporates the provisions governing the processing, packaging, and sale of Grade 'A' milk and milk products, including buttermilk and buttermilk products, whey and whey products, and condensed and dry milk products and represents the 25th revision and incorporates new knowledge into public health practice. The USPHS/FDA alone did not produce the Grade 'A' PMO. As with preceding editions, it was developed with the assistance of Milk Regulatory and Rating Agencies at every level of Federal, State, and Local Government, including both Health and Agriculture Departments$ all segments of the dairy industry, including producers, milk plant operators, equipment manufacturers, and associations$ many educational and research institutions$ and with helpful comments from many individual sanitarians and others. The USPHS/FDA's recommended Grade 'A' PMO is the basic standard used in the voluntary Cooperative State-USPHS/FDA Program for the Certification of Interstate Milk Shippers, a program participated in by all fifty (50) States, the District of Columbia and U.S. Trust Territories. The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has at its biennial conferences recommended changes and modifications to the Grade 'A' PMO. These changes have been incorporated into this 2003 revision. The counsel and guidance rendered by d by the Conference in preparation of this edition of the Grade 'A' PMO is deeply appreciated.