Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance
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The Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, published by the Food and Drug Administration
, outlines minimum standards and requirements for Grade A milk
production and processing. Grade A standards are recommended by the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS), which is composed of voting representatives from state and local regulatory agencies, and nonvoting representatives of the dairy industry and FDA. As a general rule, FDA accepts the Conference recommendations and incorporates them into the revised PMO. The state regulator (which is usually either the State Department of Agriculture or the State Health Department) adopts the PMO standards as a minimum, and in many cases requires more stringent standards.
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
, outlines minimum standards and requirements for Grade A milk
Grade A milk
In the United States, Grade A milk, also called fluid grade milk, refers to milk produced under sufficiently sanitary conditions to qualify for fluid consumption. Only Grade A milk is regulated under federal milk marketing orders...
production and processing. Grade A standards are recommended by the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS), which is composed of voting representatives from state and local regulatory agencies, and nonvoting representatives of the dairy industry and FDA. As a general rule, FDA accepts the Conference recommendations and incorporates them into the revised PMO. The state regulator (which is usually either the State Department of Agriculture or the State Health Department) adopts the PMO standards as a minimum, and in many cases requires more stringent standards.