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Fla. Stat. § 502.012

Definitions

Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2011
As used in this chapter, the term:
As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) “Bulk milk hauler/sampler” means a person who collects official samples and transports raw milk from a farm or raw milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station and is permitted to sample the milk products by any state regulatory agency charged with implementing the United States Food and Drug Administration’s Grade “A” program.
(1) “Bulk milk pickup tanker” means a vehicle, including the truck and tank, and necessary attachments, used by a milk hauler to transport bulk raw milk for pasteurization from a dairy farm to a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
(2) “Bulk milk pickup tanker” means a vehicle, including the truck and tank and those appurtenances necessary for its use, that is used to transport bulk raw milk for pasteurization, ultra-pasteurization, aseptic processing and packaging, or retort processing after packaging from a dairy farm to a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
(2) “Dairy farm” means any place or premises where one or more cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, or other hooved mammals are kept and from which a part or all of the milk is provided, sold, or offered for sale.
(3) “Dairy farm” means any place or premises where one or more lactating animals, including cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, or other hooved mammals, are kept for milking purposes, and from which a part or all of the milk is provided, sold, or offered for sale.
(3) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(4) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(4) “Frozen dessert” means a specific standardized frozen dessert described in 21 C.F.R. part 135 and any other food defined by rule of the department that resembles such standardized frozen dessert but does not conform to the specific description of such standardized frozen dessert in 21 C.F.R. part 135. The term includes, but is not limited to, a quiescently frozen confection, a quiescently frozen dairy confection, a frozen dietary dairy dessert, and a frozen dietary dessert.
(5) “Frozen desserts manufacturer” means a person who manufactures, processes, converts, partially freezes, or freezes any mix or frozen dessert for distribution or sale.
(6) “Frozen desserts plant” means any location or premises at which frozen desserts or mix are manufactured, processed, or frozen for distribution or sale at wholesale.
(7) “Frozen desserts retail establishment” means any location or premises, including a retail store, stand, hotel, boardinghouse, restaurant, vehicle, or mobile unit, at which frozen desserts are frozen, partially frozen, or dispensed for sale at retail.
(8) “Frozen dietary dairy dessert” or “frozen dietary dessert” means a food for any special dietary use, prepared by freezing, with or without agitation, and composed of a pasteurized mix that may contain fat, protein, carbohydrates, natural or artificial sweeteners, flavoring, stabilizers, emulsifiers, vitamins, and minerals.
(5) “Frozen dessert” means a specific standardized frozen dessert described in 21 C.F.R. part 135, excluding part 135.160.
(6) “Frozen desserts plant” means any place that pasteurizes dairy products or receives raw milk for the purpose of manufacturing or processing frozen desserts.
(9) “Grade ‘A’ pasteurized milk ordinance” means the document entitled “Grade ‘A’ Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration,” including all associated appendices, as adopted by department rule.
(7) “Grade ‘A’ pasteurized milk ordinance” means the document entitled “Grade ‘A’ Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration,” including all associated appendices, as adopted by department rule.
(10) “Imitation milk and imitation milk products” means those foods that have the physical characteristics, such as taste, flavor, body, texture, or appearance, of milk or milk products as defined in this chapter and the Grade “A” pasteurized milk ordinance but do not come within the definition of “milk” or “milk products” and are nutritionally inferior to the product imitated.
(8) “Imitation milk and imitation milk products” means those foods that have the physical characteristics, such as taste, flavor, body, texture, or appearance, of milk or milk products as defined in this chapter and the Grade “A” pasteurized milk ordinance but do not come within the definition of “milk” or “milk products” and are nutritionally inferior to the product imitated.
(11) “Milk” means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, or other hooved mammals.
(9) “Milk” means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, or other hooved mammals.
(12) “Milk distributor” means any person who offers for sale or sells to another person any milk or milk product.
(10) “Milk distributor” means any person who offers for sale or sells to another person any milk or milk product.
(13) “Milk products” means products made with milk that is processed in some manner, including being whipped, acidified, cultured, concentrated, lactose-reduced, or sodium-reduced or aseptically processed, or having the addition or subtraction of milkfat, the addition of safe and suitable microbial organisms, or the addition of safe and suitable optional ingredients for protein, vitamin, or mineral fortification. “Milk products” do not include products such as evaporated milk, condensed milk, eggnog in a rigid metal container, dietary products, infant formula, or ice cream and other desserts.
(14) “Milkfat” or “butterfat” means the fat contained in milk.
(15) “Milk hauler” means any person who transports raw milk or raw milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
(11) “Milk hauler” means any person who transports raw milk or raw milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
(16) “Milk plant” means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, aseptically processed, bottled, or prepared for distribution.
(12) “Milk plant” means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, aseptically processed and packaged, retort processed after packaging, condensed, dried, packaged, bottled, or prepared for distribution.
(17) “Milk plant operator” means any person responsible for receiving, processing, pasteurizing, or packaging milk and milk products, or performing any other related operation.
(13) “Milk plant operator” means any person responsible for receiving, processing, pasteurizing, or packaging milk and milk products, or performing any other related operation.
(18) “Milk producer” means any person who operates a dairy farm and provides, sells, or offers for sale milk to a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
(14) “Milk producer” means any person who operates a dairy farm and provides, sells, or offers for sale milk to a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
(15) “Milk products” means products made with milk that is processed in some manner, including being whipped, acidified, cultured, concentrated, lactose-reduced, or sodium-reduced or aseptically processed, or having the addition or subtraction of milkfat, the addition of safe and suitable microbial organisms, or the addition of safe and suitable optional ingredients for protein, vitamin, or mineral fortification. The term does not include products such as evaporated milk, condensed milk, eggnog in a rigid metal container, dietary products, infant formula, or ice cream and other desserts.
(19) “Milk tank truck” means either a bulk milk pickup tanker or a milk transport tank.
(16) “Milk tank truck” means either a bulk milk pickup tanker or a milk transport tank.
(20) “Milk transport tank” means a vehicle, including the truck and tank, used by a milk hauler to transport bulk shipments of milk from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station to another milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
(17) “Milk transport tank” means a vehicle, including the truck and tank, used by a bulk milk hauler/sampler or a milk hauler to transport bulk shipments of milk from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station to another milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
(21) “Quiescently frozen confection” means a clean and wholesome frozen, sweetened, flavored product that, while being frozen, was not stirred or agitated (generally known as quiescent freezing). The confection may be acidulated with food-grade acid, may contain milk solids or water, or may be made with or without added harmless pure or imitation flavoring and with or without harmless coloring. The finished product must not contain more than 0.5 percent by weight of stabilizer composed of wholesome, edible material and must not contain less than 17 percent by weight of total food solids. In the production of the confection, processing or mixing before quiescent freezing that develops in the finished confection mix any physical expansion in excess of 10 percent may not be used.
(22) “Quiescently frozen dairy confection” means a clean and wholesome frozen product made from water, milk products, and sugar, with added harmless pure or imitation flavoring, with or without added harmless coloring, with or without added stabilizer, or with or without added emulsifier, that, while being frozen, was not stirred or agitated (generally known as quiescent freezing). The confection must not contain less than 13 percent by weight of total milk solids, less than 33 percent by weight of total food solids, more than 0.5 percent by weight of stabilizer, or more than 0.2 percent by weight of emulsifier. Stabilizer and emulsifier must be composed of wholesome, edible material. In the production of a quiescently frozen dairy confection, processing or mixing before quiescently freezing that develops in the finished confection mix any physical expansion in excess of 10 percent may not be used.
(18) “Milkfat” or “butterfat” means the fat contained in milk.
(23) “Raw milk” means unprocessed milk.
(19) “Raw milk” means unpasteurized milk.
(24) “Receiving station” means any place, premises, or establishment where raw milk is received, collected, handled, stored, or cooled and is prepared for further transporting.
(20) “Receiving station” means any place, premises, or establishment where raw milk is received, collected, handled, stored, or cooled and prepared for further transporting.
(21) “Reconstituted milk or milk products” or “recombined milk or milk products” means milk or milk products that result from reconstituting or recombining milk constituents with potable water.
(22) “Retail” means the sale of goods to the public for use or consumption rather than for resale.
(25) “Substitute milk and substitute milk products” means those foods that have the physical characteristics, such as taste, flavor, body, texture, or appearance, of milk or milk products as defined in this chapter and the Grade “A” pasteurized milk ordinance but do not come within the definition of “milk” or “milk products” and are nutritionally equivalent to the product for which they are substitutes.
(23) “Substitute milk and substitute milk products” means those foods that have the physical characteristics, such as taste, flavor, body, texture, or appearance, of milk or milk products as defined in this chapter and the Grade “A” pasteurized milk ordinance but do not come within the definition of “milk” or “milk products” and are nutritionally equivalent to the product for which they are substitutes.
(26) “Transfer station” means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are transferred directly from one milk tank truck to another.
(24) “Transfer station” means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are transferred directly from one milk tank truck to another.
(25) “Ultra-pasteurization (UP)” means a process in which milk or milk product is thermally processed at or above 138 degrees Celsius or 280 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 2 seconds, before or after packaging, so as to produce a milk or milk product that has an extended shelf life under refrigerated conditions.
(27) “Washing station” means any place, premises, or establishment where milk tank trucks are cleaned and sanitized.
(26) “Washing station” means any place, premises, or establishment where milk tank trucks are cleaned and sanitized.
(27) “Wholesale” means the selling of goods in quantity to be retailed by others.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.