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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
It shall be unlawful for any eating place to serve pasteurized milk, homogenized milk, chocolate milk, skimmed milk, or fluid derivatives of milk, which is not in its original container, except that they may be served in individual portions, provided it is served from automatic dispensing machines which meet the following design and operation requirements:
(1) All parts of such dispensing machines with which the above mentioned products come in contact shall be constructed in such manner as to be easily cleaned, and shall be kept in good repair. The manufacture, packing, transportation and handling of bulk containers shall be conducted in a sanitary manner.
(2) No surfaces with which the above mentioned products come in contact shall, while in use, be accessible to manual contact.
(3) All parts of the dispensing device with which the above mentioned products come in contact shall be cleaned and sterilized at the milk plant.
(4) The dispensing device shall be filled and sealed with two seals at the milk plant in such manner as to make it impossible to withdraw any part of its contents without breaking one seal and impossible to introduce any substance without breaking the other.
(5) When the above-mentioned products, except chocolate milk, contain more than five-tenths per cent butterfat and they are to be served from a dispensing device, they shall be homogenized.
(6) All such dispensing machines must be conspicuously labeled in a large print and visible to the public so as to indicate the type of product being served from the dispenser.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 31 P.S. Food § 520-5. Unlawful serving - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-31-ps-food/pa-st-sect-31-520-5/
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