12:11:01:03.  Quality standards for pasteurized dairy ingredients, mix, or frozen dairy desserts. At no time after pasteurization may frozen dairy desserts, frozen dairy dessert mix, or any product manufactured from them contain more than 50,000 bacteria per gram or more than 10 coliform organisms per gram for plain or more than 20 coliform organisms per gram in chocolate, fruit, nut or other flavors, in accordance with the microbiological requirements set forth in the General Specification for Dairy Plants Approved for USDA Inspection and Grading Service. If two of the last four consecutive samples have exceeded the bacterial or coliform standard, the secretary shall send a written notice to the person concerned. The notice must remain in effect as long as two of the last four samples exceed the limit of the standard. An additional sample must then be taken to determine compliance, but not before the lapse of three days. Immediate suspension of a permit must be instituted if three of the last five consecutive samples exceed the bacteria or coliform standard.

          Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 12 SDR 128, 12 SDR 154, effective July 1, 1986; 32 SDR 203, effective June 6, 2006; 35 SDR 183, effective February 2, 2009; 46 SDR 46, effective October 8, 2019.

          General Authority: SDCL 39-8-10.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 39-8-10.