[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1250.26]

[Page 679]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1250--INTERSTATE CONVEYANCE SANITATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Food Service Sanitation on Land and Air Conveyances, and 
                                 Vessels
 
Sec. 1250.26  Special food requirements.

    Milk, fluid milk products, ice cream and other frozen desserts, 
butter, cheese, and shellfish served or sold on conveyances shall 
conform to the following requirements:
    (a) Milk and fluid milk products, including cream, buttermilk, skim 
milk, milk beverages, and reconstituted milk, shall be pasteurized and 
obtained from a source of supply approved by the Commissioner of Food 
and Drugs. The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall approve any source 
of supply at or from which milk or fluid milk products are produced, 
processed, and distributed so as to prevent the introduction, 
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases. If a source of supply 
of milk or fluid milk products has not been approved, the Commissioner 
of Food and Drugs may permit its temporary use under such conditions as, 
in his judgment, are necessary to prevent the introduction, 
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases. Containers of milk and 
fluid milk products shall be plainly labeled to show the contents, the 
word ``pasteurized'', and the identity of the plant at which the 
contents were packaged by name and address, provided that a code may be 
used in lieu of address.
    (b) Ice cream, other frozen desserts, and butter shall be 
manufactured from milk or milk products that have been pasteurized or 
subjected to equivalent heat treatment.
    (c) Cheese shall be (1) pasteurized or subjected to equivalent heat 
treatment, (2) made from pasteurized milk products or from milk products 
which have been subjected to equivalent heat treatment, or (3) cured for 
not less than 60 days at a temperature not less than 35  deg.F.
    (d) Milk, buttermilk, and milk beverages shall be served in or from 
the original individual containers in which received from the 
distributor, or from a bulk container equipped with a dispensing device 
so designed, constructed, installed, and maintained as to prevent the 
transmission of communicable diseases.
    (e) Shellfish purchased for consumption on any conveyance shall 
originate from a dealer currently listed by the Public Health Service as 
holding an unexpired and unrevoked certificate issued by a State 
authority.
    (f) Shucked shellfish shall be purchased in the containers in which 
they are placed at the shucking plant and shall be kept therein until 
used. The State abbreviation and the certificate number of the packers 
shall be permanently recorded on the container.

[40 FR 5624, Feb. 6, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 11432, Mar. 18, 1983]