NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 73/17

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 73/17

Food Premises Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Food Premises Act

(Filed August 1, 2017)

Under the authority of section 18 of the Food Premises Act, I make the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, July 20, 2017.

Dr. John Haggie
Minister of Health and Community Services

REGULATIONS

Analysis

CNLR 1022/96
as amended

1. Schedule A of the Food Premises Regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

Schedule A

Chemical and Microbiological Standards
For Raw Milk

Parameter	Standard
Temperature	At Dairies: 1° C to 4° C for milk contained in the bulk milk tank (subject to subsection 36.1(3)).
Bacteria count	Cow's milk: Maximum 50,000 total living mesophilic aerobic colony forming units per ml or 121,000 individual bacterial count per ml. Goat's milk: Maximum 50,000 total living mesophilic aerobic colony forming units per ml or 321,000 individual bacterial count per ml.
Somatic cells	Cow's milk: maximum 400,000 somatic cells per ml. Goat's milk: maximum 1,500,000 somatic cells per ml.
Veterinary drug residues	Absence of veterinary drugs and other inhibitors as tested by official methods.
Cryoscopy	Maximum: -0.508° C for cow's milk.