[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 9]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1000.40]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER X--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
                 Orders; Milk) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1000_GENERAL PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS--Table 
of Contents
 
                    Subpart F_Classification of Milk
 
Sec. 1000.40  Classes of utilization.


    Except as provided in Sec. 1000.42, all skim milk and butterfat 
required to be reported pursuant to Sec. ----.30 of each Federal milk 
order shall be classified as follows:
    (a) Class I milk shall be all skim milk and butterfat:
    (1) Disposed of in the form of fluid milk products, except as 
otherwise provided in this section;
    (2) In packaged fluid milk products in inventory at the end of the 
month; and
    (3) In shrinkage assigned pursuant to Sec. 1000.43(b).
    (b) Class II milk shall be all skim milk and butterfat:
    (1) In fluid milk products in containers larger than 1 gallon and 
fluid cream products disposed of or diverted to a commercial food 
processing establishment if the market administrator is permitted to 
audit the records of the commercial food processing establishment for 
the purpose of verification. Otherwise, such uses shall be Class I;
    (2) Used to produce:
    (i) Cottage cheese, lowfat cottage cheese, dry curd cottage cheese, 
ricotta cheese, pot cheese, Creole cheese, and any similar soft, high-
moisture cheese resembling cottage cheese in form or use;
    (ii) Milkshake and ice milk mixes (or bases), frozen desserts, and 
frozen dessert mixes distributed in half-gallon containers or larger and 
intended to be used in soft or semi-solid form;
    (iii) Aerated cream, frozen cream, sour cream, sour half-and-half, 
sour cream mixtures containing nonmilk items, yogurt, and any other 
semi-solid product resembling a Class II product;
    (iv) Custards, puddings, pancake mixes, coatings, batter, and 
similar products;
    (v) Buttermilk biscuit mixes and other buttermilk for baking that 
contain food starch in excess of 2% of the total solids, provided that 
the product is labeled to indicate the food starch content;
    (vi) Formulas especially prepared for infant feeding or dietary use 
(meal replacement) that are packaged in hermetically-sealed containers;
    (vii) Candy, soup, bakery products and other prepared foods which 
are processed for general distribution to the public, and intermediate 
products, including sweetened condensed milk, to be used in processing 
such prepared food products;
    (viii) A fluid cream product or any product containing artificial 
fat or fat substitutes that resembles a fluid cream product, except as 
otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of this section; and
    (ix) Any product not otherwise specified in this section; and
    (3) In shrinkage assigned pursuant to Sec. 1000.43(b).
    (c) Class III milk shall be all skim milk and butterfat:
    (1) Used to produce:
    (i) Cream cheese and other spreadable cheeses, and hard cheese of 
types that may be shredded, grated, or crumbled;
    (ii) Plastic cream, anhydrous milkfat, and butteroil; and
    (2) In shrinkage assigned pursuant to Sec. 1000.43(b).
    (d) Class IV milk shall be all skim milk and butterfat:
    (1) Used to produce:
    (i) Butter; and
    (ii) Evaporated or sweetened condensed milk in a consumer-type 
package; and
    (iii) Any milk product in dried form;
    (2) In inventory at the end of the month of fluid milk products and 
fluid cream products in bulk form;
    (3) In the skim milk equivalent of nonfat milk solids used to modify 
a fluid milk product that has not been accounted for in Class I; and
    (4) In shrinkage assigned pursuant to Sec. 1000.43(b).
    (e) Other uses. Other uses include skim milk and butterfat used in 
any product described in this section that

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is dumped, used for animal feed, destroyed, or lost by a handler in a 
vehicular accident, flood, fire, or similar occurrence beyond the 
handler's control. Such uses of skim milk and butterfat shall be 
assigned to the lowest priced class for the month to the extent that the 
quantities destroyed or lost can be verified from records satisfactory 
to the market administrator.

[64 FR 47899, Sept. 1, 1999, as amended at 65 FR 82833, Dec. 28, 2000; 
68 FR 7064, Feb. 12, 2003; 69 FR 21952, Apr. 23, 2004]