Section 39.65. Test standards  


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  • (a) Standard plate count. The count may not exceed 50,000 per gram. Cultured products are exempt from this requirement.

    (b) Coliform group count. The count may not exceed 10 per gram except in products to which fruit, nuts or bulky flavor is added after pasteurization when the count may not exceed 20 per gram.

The provisions of this § 39.65 adopted March 25, 1970; amended June 29, 1984, effective June 30, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 2242; amended October 9, 1992, effective October 10, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 5019. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (89873).

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This section cited at 7 Pa. Code § 39.61 (relating to sampling and testing).