Equipment Requirements
The holding tube slope requirement according to the PMO.
What is 1/4" per foot minimum upward slope.
The organism that is the number one cause of foodborne illness in the US.
What is Norovirus.
The appendix of the PMO that details pasteurization equipment controls and tests.
What is appendix I?
I maintain the correct amount of time that milk is exposed to the legal temperature or above.
What is the holding tube.
The tests that ensure that your thermometers are reading accurately.
What are tests 1 and 4?
1. Indicating thermometers- temperature accuracy
2. Recording thermometer checked against indicating
The height above the highest raw line in the system for the vacuum breaker.
What is 12" or more.
Allergens are the most common form of this type of food safety hazard.
What is a chemical hazard?
The best chemical type for cleaning fats.
What is caustic?
I heat cold milk up and cool hot milk down.
What is the regenerator section.
The test that is required to run all product processed under a temporary seal.
What is alkaline phosphatase?
Pressure differential between the raw and pasteurized side that must be maintained.
What is 1 PSI or more.
The amount of time it takes for one bacterial cell to become two.
What is generation time.
The type of flow required for cleaning.
What is turbulent flow?
I ensure unpasteurized milk does not get past me.
What is the flow diversion device.
The required number of salt tests required to be run consecutively within .5 seconds of each other.
What is 6?
The STLR sensor must be within how many inches of the FDD?
What is 18" or less.
Layers of bacteria coalesce and form a protective slime layer
What is a biofilm.
I allow an HTST to run at various speeds.
What is a meter based timing system (mag flow)?
I control nothing and run completely independently in the HTST system but I am required.
What is the indicating thermometer?
Distance the communication device should be held from the control device when performing the electromagnetic interference test.
What is 12 inches?
This piece of equipment must be interwired to only run if the system is in forward flow, the timing pump is running, and there is at least 1psi pressure differential.
What is the booster pump?
Type of bacteria that can survive adverse conditions such as heat, pressure and desiccation.
What is a spore forming bacteria?
I'm the valve that is leaking if you see milk in the leak detect sight glass while the HTST is in forward flow.
What is the leak detect valve?
I keep a constant record of the position of the flow diversion device (FDD)
What is the STLR?
event/frequency/divert pen
What is the minimum product pressure drop across the steam injector required to be in forward flow?
What is 10 psi?