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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2. Agriculture
Agency 5. Department of Agriculture And Consumer Services
Chapter 510. Rules and Regulations Governing the Production, Processing, and Sale of Ice Cream, Frozen Desserts, and Similar Products
12/26/2024

2VAC5-510-350. Freezer made milk shake; identity; label statement of optional ingredients; freezer made milk shake mix.

A. Freezer made milk shake means a pure, clean, wholesome semi-viscous drink prepared by stirring while freezing in a dispensing freezer a pasteurized mix obtained from an approved source consisting of milkfat, milk solids not fat, water, optional sweetening ingredients, with or without egg or egg products, with harmless flavoring, with or without harmless coloring and with or without approved stabilizer or approved emulsifier. It shall contain not less than three and one-fourth percent milkfat. It shall contain not less than 10% milk solids not fat, it shall contain not more than one-half percent by weight of stabilizer and not more than one-fifth of 1.0% of emulsifier. Freezer made milk shakes may only be sold or served from a dispensing freezer and may not be sold hard frozen.

B. Other freezer made shakes including jumbo shake, thick shake, T.V. shake, or any coined or trade name containing the word "shake" shall meet the requirements of subsection A of this section, except that the minimum percent of milkfat may be less than three and one-fourth percent.

C. "Shakes" not meeting the requirement for "milk" shakes shall not be advertised, sold or served as a milk shake.

D. Freezer made milk shake mix is the pasteurized unfrozen combination of ingredients that when frozen while stirring will produce a product conforming to the definition of freezer made milk shake.

Statutory Authority

§§ 3.2-5201 and 3.2-5212 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR115-05-03 § 3.33, eff. December 11, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 3, Issue 10, eff. March 18, 1987; Volume 24, Issue 17, eff. June 12, 2008.

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