Section ATCP 65.66 - Pasteurization records(1) GENERAL. A dairy plant operator shall keep pasteurization records for all dairy products pasteurized by the operator. Records shall cover all types of pasteurization operations, including batch operations, HTST operations, and HHST operations. Records shall comply with this section. The department shall review pasteurization records as part of each routine inspection of a dairy plant.(2) BATCH PASTEURIZATION RECORDS. Except as provided in sub. (3), batch pasteurization records shall include all the following:(a) Each date, including the year, on which dairy products are pasteurized.(b) The identification number or location of each pasteurization time and temperature recording chart, if more than one is used.(c) A continuous temperature recording chart temperature record for each batch of pasteurized product.(d) The pasteurization holding time, as shown on the temperature recording chart, for each batch of pasteurized product. Records shall include filling and emptying times, if applicable.(e) The temperature reading on the airspace thermometer at the start and end of the pasteurization holding period, and at specific times identified as points on the temperature recording chart.(f) The temperature reading on the indicating thermometer at the start of the pasteurization holding period, and at a specific time identified as a point on the temperature recording chart.(g) The name and quantity of dairy product included in each pasteurization batch shown on the temperature recording chart.(h) A record of any unusual circumstances that occurred during each batch pasteurization.(i) The name of the dairy plant.(j) The signature or initials of the dairy plant operator, or a responsible employee or agent of the operator.(3) HTST AND HHST PASTEURIZATION RECORDS. Pasteurization records for HTST and HHST pasteurization operations shall include all the following:(a) Each date, including the year, on which dairy products are pasteurized.(b) The identification number or location of each pasteurization time and temperature recording chart, if more than one is used.(c) A continuous temperature recording chart for each pasteurization run.(d) The temperature reading on the indicating thermometer at the start of each pasteurization run, and at a specific time identified as a point on the temperature recording chart.(e) Documentation, on the temperature recording chart, of every time period during which the flow-diversion device on the pasteurizer is in the forward-flow position.(f) The cut-in and cut-out product temperatures at the beginning of each HTST pasteurization run. The pasteurizer operator shall record these temperatures daily on the temperature recording chart.(g) The temperature reading on the indicating thermometer whenever the temperature recording chart for the pasteurization system is changed.(h) The name and quantity of dairy product included in each pasteurization run shown on the temperature recording chart.(i) A record of any unusual circumstances that occurred during each pasteurization run.(j) The name of the dairy plant.(k) The signature or initials of the dairy plant operator, or a responsible employee or agent of the operator.(4) FLOW RECORDS FOR HTST AND HHST PASTEURIZERS WITH METER BASED TIMING SYSTEMS. In addition to requirements in sub. (3), pasteurization records for HTST and HHST pasteurization operations with meter based timing systems shall include all of the following: (a) Each date, including the year, on which dairy products are pasteurized.(b) The identification number or location of each pasteurization time and flow-rate recording chart, if more than one is used.(c) A continuous flow-rate recording chart record of the flow rate.(d) A continuous flow-rate recording chart record of the status of the high and low flow/loss of signal alarms.(e) The name and quantity of dairy product pasteurized in each pasteurization run shown on the flow-rate recording chart.(f) A record of any unusual circumstances that occurred during each pasteurization run.(g) The name of the dairy plant.(h) The signature or initials of the dairy plant operator or a responsible employee or agent of the operator.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection § ATCP 65.66
Adopted by, CR 14-073: cr. Register August 2016 No. 728, eff. 9/1/2016