Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June fi. 1970
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USDA Plans to Increase Coliform
Standards
1! tU'i 11 'unit would In’ low
i t ,! mi .i piopiwd ie\ iMon ol
ll.t I s M.nu'.nds toi Instant
Non!.! 1 liiv Milk announced ic
(cn!l\ I" thi* I S Depaitmenl
ot \„i h ultim*
lo moot tlu> icqiniements lot
t s I'Mia (bade undm tlu>
piopp'.il ni't.ml nonl.il di'
milk lotihl h.nc a pl.dc l count
bactei i.i le\el ol no moic than
.10000 pci mam and a colifonn
(mint of no moic than 10 per
mam Pie'ious limits wcic 35.
000 .iml 90 icspectueh
rsn V s Consumer and Mai
kctmg Semce. the agency ie
sponsible loi issuance of the
made standaids lepoited that
most of the instant nonfat di >
milk now being pioduced meets
these requncments
The changes in bacteua Inn
its agency officials said, would
mean that the "colifoim count”
would assume moie signifi
cance as an indicator of possi
ble post-pasteunzation contami
nation.
The pioposal would make the
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phosphatase test (a method foi
miMsunng the ejficienc\ ol
pasteui i/ation ) optional at the
discietion of USDA oi at the re
quest of an applicant foi ofli
cial giaclmg semce
The pioposcd icvision of the
made standaids also pi o\ides
foi a new method of detcinni'
mg the dispei sabildv of nonfat
div milk This method, the
Modified Moats Dabhah method,
has been tested be USDA, the
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AnuMic.ni Dry Milk Institute,
.md diy milk imlusliy mem
bcis lindci the pioposed le
vision, to be classilied as U S
E\lia Guide, instant nonfat diy
milk would be icquued to have
at least an 85 pei cent dispeis
ability level, as deteimined by
the Modified Moats Dabbah
method
U S Standaids foi Instant
Nonfat Dry Milk me issued un
dei the authority of the Agn
cultmal Maiketing Act of 1946
and may be applied by the
C&MS Dairy Division's grading
seivice at the request of appli
cants on a fee-foi seivice basis
A notice concerning the pro
posed changes in the standarads
was scheduled for publication
in the May 20, 1970 issue of the
Federal Register Comments, in
duplicate, may be submitted un
til June 18, 1970 to the Hearing
Clerk, Room 112, Adminostra
tion Building, U S Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D
C, 20250 Comments will be
available for public examina
tion.
CORN NEEDS A SHOT OF
ANHYDROUS
AMMONIA
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