7 CFR § 58.348 - Plastic cream.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s58.348"
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title: "7 CFR § 58.348 - Plastic cream."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "58.348"
section_name: "Plastic cream."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 58.348 Plastic cream.

The flavor shall be sweet, pleasing and desirable but may possess the following flavors to a slight degree; aged, bitter, flat, smothered and storage; and cooked and feed flavors to a definite degree. It shall be free from rancid, oxidized or other objectionable flavors.

(a) In addition, the finished product shall meet the following specifications when sampled and tested in accordance with §§ 58.336 and 58.337.

(b) Standard plate count, not more than 30,000 per gram; coliform count, not more than 10 per gram; yeast and mold, not more than 20 per gram;

(c) Optional except when required or requested: Copper content not more than 0.3 ppm; iron content not more than 1.0 ppm.