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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2. Agriculture
Agency 5. Department of Agriculture And Consumer Services
Chapter 510. Regulations Governing the Production, Processing, and Sale of Ice Cream, Frozen Desserts, and Similar Products
4/16/2025

2VAC5-510-560. Cooling.

After heat treatment or pasteurization, processed fluid milk products, including mix except for sterilized mix in hermetically sealed containers, shall be cooled promptly to 45°F (7.2°C) or lower and maintained at that temperature until used, provided that storage or holding tanks used to store milk, milk products, frozen desserts, or frozen desserts mix shall be cleaned and sanitized when empty and shall be emptied at least every 72 hours. Fluid milk products may be held at higher temperatures for a short time immediately prior to freezing when applicable to particular manufacturing or processing practices.

Statutory Authority

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

Historical Notes

Derived from VR115-05-03 § 12.2, eff. December 11, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 3, Issue 10, eff. March 18, 1987; Volume 41, Issue 10, eff. February 13, 2025.

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