BACTERIAL, YEAST, AND MOLD STANDARDS FOR NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

No canned or bottled carbonated or still beverages, carbonated, plain, or otherwise, manufactured, mixed, or compounded, shall be sold, offered, or exposed for sale or held in possession for sale in this state, the bacterial count of which at any time after manufacturing, mixing, or compounding exceeds 100 bacteria per milliliter, 20 molds per milliliter, or a mixture of yeasts and molds which exceeds 20 per milliliter collectively, standard plate count, as determined by the arithmetical averages of four consecutive tests of beverage samples taken on separate days. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.10 ; 31.101