7 CFR § 58.346 - Whipped butter.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s58.346"
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title: "7 CFR § 58.346 - Whipped butter."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "58.346"
section_name: "Whipped butter."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT"
part_number: "58"
part_name: "GRADING AND INSPECTION, GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR APPROVED PLANTS AND STANDARDS FOR GRADES OF DAIRY PRODUCTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
regulatory_source: "23 FR 9410, Dec. 5, 1958, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981."
cfr_part: "58"
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# 58.346 Whipped butter.
(a) The quality requirements for whipped butter shall be in accordance with the U.S. Standards for Grades of Whipped Butter for U.S. Grade AA and U.S. Grade A, respectively.
(b) Whipped butter shall also be subject to the following specifications when sampled and tested in accordance with §§ 58.336 and 58.337, respectively:
(1) Proteolytic count, not more than 50 per gram; yeast and mold count, not more than 10 per gram; coliform count, not more than 10 per gram; and keeping-quality test, satisfactory after 7 days at 72 °F.
(2) Optional except when required or requested: Copper content, not more than 0.3 ppm; iron content, not more than 1.0 ppm; enterococci, not more than 10 per gram.
[59 FR 1264, Jan. 10, 1994, as amended at 67 FR 48976, July 29, 2002]