§ 30-141. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Adulterated or misbranded frozen dairy products or mix means any frozen dairy product or mix which contains any unwholesome substance, or which if defined in this article does not conform with its definition.

Custard ice cream and frozen custard mean any ice cream made from similar ingredients and in the same manner as ice cream, but which also contains eggs. It shall meet the same requirements for milkfat, total milk solids and stabilizer as ice cream. It shall contain at least 1.4 percent egg yolk solids.

Frozen dairy products means any clean, frozen or partially frozen combination of two or more of the following: milk or milk products, eggs or egg products, sugars, water, fruit or fruit juices, candy, nutmeats or other harmless and wholesome food products, flavors, color or harmless stabilizer. The term shall be deemed to include ice cream, frozen custard, ice milk, milk sherbet, ices and any other similar product designated as a frozen dairy product by the health officer.

Frozen dairy products plant means any place or premises where mix is frozen for distribution or sale.

Health officer means the director of health of the city or his authorized representative.

Ice means the pure, clean, frozen product made from water and sugar, with harmless fruit flavoring and harmless coloring, and with or without added stabilizer composed of wholesome edible material, and in the manufacture of which freezing has been accompanied by agitation of the ingredients. It shall contain no milk solids.

Ice cream means a frozen product made from milk and milk products, sugars, corn syrup, water, fruit juices, candy, nutmeats or other harmless and wholesome food products, flavor, color or harmless stabilizer, and in the manufacture of which freezing has been accompanied by agitation of the ingredients. It shall contain not less than ten percent milkfat and not less than 20 percent total milk solids, by weight, except for such reduction in the percentage of milkfat and total milk solids as results from the addition of fruit or fruit juices, chocolate, cocoa, maple syrup, nuts or similar products, but in no case shall the resulting mixture contain less than eight percent milkfat or less than 16 percent total milk solids, by weight. It shall contain not more than 0.6 percent harmless stabilizer. Ice cream shall weigh not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon.

Ice milk means a frozen or semi-frozen product made from milk and milk products, sugar, corn syrup, water, fruit juices, flavors, colors, harmless and wholesome food products, and harmless stabilizer, and in the manufacture of which freezing is accompanied by agitation of the ingredients. It shall contain not less than two percent and not more than 3.5 percent milkfat and not less than 11 percent total milk solids and not less than 1.3 pounds of food solids per gallon; provided, however, that, if ice milk is sold in the semi-frozen state as drawn direct from a continuous freezer for immediate sale, it shall contain not less than 3.5 percent and not more than six percent milkfat and not less than 14 percent total milk solids. The quantity of food solids shall be not less than 1.3 pounds to the gallon and the finished product shall weigh not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon.

Mellorine means a frozen food made from a pasteurized mix, and in the manufacture of which freezing is accompanied by agitation of the ingredients. Mellorine shall be similar to ice milk, except that it shall include but not be limited to nonfat milk solids and animal or vegetable fat, only part of which may be milkfat. It shall contain not less than six percent by weight of fat, and nonfat milk solids from milk, skim milk or buttermilk in such quantity that the milk protein contributed thereby is not less than three percent by weight of the finished product. Mellorine contains not less than 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon and weighs not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon.

Milk and milk products. Milk and milk products used in mix or frozen dairy products shall include milk, cream, frozen cream, plastic cream, fluid skim milk, butter, sweetened and unsweetened evaporated milk, sweetened and unsweetened evaporated skim milk, sweetened and unsweetened condensed milk, sweetened and unsweetened condensed skim milk, powdered whole milk, powdered skim milk, sweet cream buttermilk, sweet cream condensed buttermilk and sweet cream powdered buttermilk or any of these products from which lactose has been wholly or partially removed.

Milk products plant means any place or premises where milk or milk products are skimmed, condensed, evaporated, powdered or manufactured into butter, or otherwise processed for subsequent manufacture of mix or frozen dairy products.

Milk sherbet means the pure, clean, frozen product made from milk products, water, citric acid and sugar with harmless fruit flavoring and harmless coloring and with or without added stabilizer composed of wholesome edible material, and in the manufacture of which freezing has been accompanied by agitation of the ingredients. It shall contain not more than 3¼ percent milkfat or 0.6 percent harmless stabilizer.

Mix means the unfrozen combination of two or more ingredients of frozen dairy product with or without fruits, fruit juices, candy, nutmeats, flavor or harmless color.

Mix manufacturing plant means any place or premises where mix or other milk products are combined and processed for subsequent freezing by a frozen dairy products plant.

Parevine means a frozen food made from a pasteurized mix, and in the manufacture of which freezing is accompanied by agitation of the ingredients. It shall conform to the definition of mellorine in this section, except that it shall exclude milkfat and all other milk products, and may contain egg or vegetable protein.

Pasteurization. The terms "pasteurization" and "pasteurized" and similar terms refer to the process of heating, in approved and properly operated equipment, every particle of mix to one of the following minimum temperatures and holding at this temperature continuously for the following specified time:

(1)

One hundred fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit and holding at such temperature for at least 30 minutes.

(2)

One hundred seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit and holding at such temperature for at least 25 seconds.

Nothing contained in this definition shall be construed as excluding any other process which has been demonstrated to be equally efficient and is approved by the health officer and by the state health authority. Charts shall be preserved for 60 days.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 15.135; Ord. No. 43300, 10-12-73)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-10.