P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 11.6.2 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

11.6.2. In addition to the conditions set out elsewhere in this Regulation, dairy plant operators subject to this Division must comply with the following standards:

(1)  if the potable water used by the dairy plant is not supplied by a distribution system governed by the Regulation respecting the quality of drinking water (chapter Q-2, r. 40), the dairy plant operator must have the potable water in the plant’s distribution system analyzed monthly by a laboratory accredited by the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks under section 118.6 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) to ensure that the water is free of fecal coliforms and Escherichia coli bacteria and that it contains no more than 10 total coliforms per 100-ml water sample;

(2)  the dairy plant operator must use only milk that is free of pathogenic micro-organisms to prepare the cheeses referred to in section 11.6.1;

(3)  the dairy plant operator must use the milk within 24 hours after the milking;

(4)  the dairy plant operator must test the milk monthly to ensure it is free of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria and meets the standards set out in Schedule 11.A regarding Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, and test the milk every 3 months to ensure it is free of Salmonella bacteria;

(5)  the dairy plant operator must test the cheeses monthly to ensure that the sample analyzed contains no more than 500 colony-forming units per gram of Escherichia coli bacteria or 1,000 colony-forming units per gram of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and is free of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, and test the cheeses every 3 months to ensure that they are free of Salmonella bacteria.

If the milk is not free of pathogenic micro-organisms or the analysis required by subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph shows that the milk does not meet the standards set out in Schedule 11.A regarding Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, the dairy plant operator must cease acquiring milk from the dairy producer that supplied the milk until analysis results are negative for 2 consecutive days.

If the analysis required by subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph shows a concentration of Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus aureus bacteria higher than the permitted concentration, the dairy plant operator must have the necessary number of samples of those cheeses analyzed to ensure that the standards set out in Schedule 11.C are met.

O.C. 741-2008, s. 15.