La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § VII-2905

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section VII-2905 - Bacterial Standards and Examination of Single Service Containers and Closures

A. Paper stock shall meet the bacteriological standard of not more than 250 cfu per gram as determined by the disintegration test. The supplier of the paper stock shall certify that his/her paper stock was manufactured in compliance with this standard. This applies only to the paper stock prior to lamination.

B. Where a rinse test can be used, the residual microbial count shall not exceed 50 cfu per container, except that in containers less than 100 ml., the count shall not exceed 10 cfu, or not over 50 cfu per eight square inches (one cfu per square centimeter) of product contact surface when the swab test is used, in three out of four samples taken at random on a given day. All single service containers and closures shall be free of coliform bacteria.

C. During any consecutive six months, at least four sample sets shall be collected in at least four separate months, except when three months show a month containing two sampling dates separated by at least 20 days, and analyzed at a laboratory approved by the state health officer.

D. When a single service container or closure is made from one or more component parts as defined in this document, only those final assembled products which may have product contact surface(s) must be sampled and tested for compliance.

E. All sampling procedures and required laboratory examinations shall be conducted in laboratories approved by the state health officer and shall be made in substantial compliance with the methods contained in the Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § VII-2905

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 37:2723 (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.