P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 11.7.12 Disposition versions

2021-07-01

11.7.12. A dairy plant operator must have the plant’s pasteurizers or ultra-high temperature treatment equipment tested and calibrated by a holder of a certificate issued by the Institut de technologie agroalimentaire du Québec or any other recognition of equivalent qualification issued or recognized by a department or government body elsewhere in Canada attesting that the holder has the qualifications required for that purpose, or another certificate recognized as equivalent by the Minister under section 8.2 of the Act.

The pasteurizers and equipment must be tested and calibrated in accordance with generally recognized calibration practices, methods and frequencies for that type of equipment and, in the case of high-temperature short-time pasteurizers and ultra-high temperature treatment equipment, numbered seals must be affixed by the person referred to in the first paragraph on the following devices that have been calibrated:

(1)  flowmeters;

(2)  thermographs;

(3)  pressure gauges;

(4)  flow diversion valves; and

(5)  the thermometer if it is digital.

The person referred to in the first paragraph must also, if applicable, seal every access port of every computer connection capable of modifying the control parameters of pasteurizers.

The dairy plant operator must maintain a record of the dates and results of the testing of every device, the name and address of the tester and, if applicable, the seal numbers affixed by the tester.

The information in the record must be retained at the dairy plant for at least 12 months after the date on which it is entered or for at least 24 months if the information relates to a dairy product that can be stored for longer than 12 months.

O.C. 741-2008, s. 15; O.C. 1187-2011, s. 17.

2012-09-01

11.7.12. A dairy plant operator must have the plant’s pasteurizers or ultra-high temperature treatment equipment tested and calibrated by a holder of a certificate issued by the Institut de technologie agroalimentaire or any other recognition of equivalent qualification issued or recognized by a department or government body elsewhere in Canada attesting that the holder has the qualifications required for that purpose, or another certificate recognized as equivalent by the Minister under section 8.2 of the Act.

The pasteurizers and equipment must be tested and calibrated in accordance with generally recognized calibration practices, methods and frequencies for that type of equipment and, in the case of high-temperature short-time pasteurizers and ultra-high temperature treatment equipment, numbered seals must be affixed by the person referred to in the first paragraph on the following devices that have been calibrated:

(1)  flowmeters;

(2)  thermographs;

(3)  pressure gauges;

(4)  flow diversion valves; and

(5)  the thermometer if it is digital.

The person referred to in the first paragraph must also, if applicable, seal every access port of every computer connection capable of modifying the control parameters of pasteurizers.

The dairy plant operator must maintain a record of the dates and results of the testing of every device, the name and address of the tester and, if applicable, the seal numbers affixed by the tester.

The information in the record must be retained at the dairy plant for at least 12 months after the date on which it is entered or for at least 24 months if the information relates to a dairy product that can be stored for longer than 12 months.

O.C. 741-2008, s. 15; O.C. 1187-2011, s. 17.