[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR109.3]

[Page 609]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 109_STERILIZATION AND PASTEURIZATION AT LICENSED ESTABLISHMENTS
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 109.3  Pasteurizers.

    All pasteurizing equipment shall meet the requirements in paragraphs 
(a), (b), and (c) of this section and be acceptable to Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service.
    (a) Metal serum containers shall be used in licensed establishments. 
During the heating process, each container shall be surrounded by a 
separate water jacket or equivalent so that the entire container, 
including its lid, is heated to the required temperature. Each serum 
container shall be equipped with a motor-driven agitator and a separate 
automatic recording thermometer.
    (b) Each water bath shall have an automatic temperature control to 
limit the temperature of the water to a maximum of 62 [deg]C., an 
automatic recording thermometer, an indicating thermometer set in a 
fixed position, and circulating mechanism adequate to insure equal 
temperatures throughout the bath. The heating unit for the bath shall be 
separated from the serum container and the water jacket.
    (c) Accurate thermometers at licensed establishments shall be used 
at frequent intervals to check temperatures of the serum as registered 
by recording thermometers.

[35 FR 16039, Oct. 13, 1970, as amended at 56 FR 66783, Dec. 26, 1991]