(a) The term “pasteurized”, or any similar term, when used in connection with milk or milk products, means such milk or product which has been subjected to the process of pasteurization, as defined in section 22-127.

(b) The Milk Regulation Board shall designate suitable laboratory tests, and standards based thereon, which shall be used upon representative samples to determine whether or not milk or milk products have been pasteurized. All pasteurized milk and cream shall be placed in final containers, which shall be clean and free from foreign material, immediately after cooling and stored at a temperature of forty degrees Fahrenheit or below.

(c) On delivery vehicles the temperature of milk and milk products shall be maintained at not more than forty-five degrees Fahrenheit.

(1949 Rev., S. 3236; 1961, P.A. 212, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 491; 1972, P.A. 151, S. 3; P.A. 77-214, S. 3; P.A. 83-45; P.A. 91-312, S. 28.)

History: 1961 act increased required temperatures in Subdiv. (1) from 142 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit and in Subdiv. (2) from 160 to 161 degrees Fahrenheit and required that temperature be maintained for 16 rather than 15 seconds; 1963 act required that final containers for milk be “clean and free from foreign material”; 1972 act reduced required time temperature must be maintained in Subdiv. (2) to 15 seconds; P.A. 77-214 required that milk be immediately cooled to 45 rather than 50 degrees in Subdivs. (1) and (2) and maintained at that temperature; P.A. 83-45 reduced the temperature to which milk must be cooled after pasteurization and the temperature at which milk must be stored from 45 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit or below, applied same provisions to cream which previously had had a 50 degree storage temperature limit and added provision re temperature to be maintained on delivery vehicles; P.A. 91-312 divided section into Subsecs. and amended Subsec. (a) to replace definition of “pasteurization” with reference to pasteurization “as defined in section 22-127”.