---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 58.512"
title: "7"
number: "58.512"
heading: "Cheese vats or tanks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/58.512"
---

# §58.512. Cheese vats or tanks.

- (a) Cheese vats or tanks shall meet the requirements of [§ 58.416](/cfr/7/58.416.md). When direct steam injection is used for heating the milk, the vat or tank may be of single shell construction. The steam shall be culinary steam.
- (b) Vats shall be equipped with valves to control the heating and cooling medium and a suitable sanitary outlet valve. Vats used for creaming curd should be equipped with a refrigerated cooling medium. A circulating pump for the heating and cooling medium is recommended.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 40 FR 47911, Oct. 10, 1975, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.

### Source

Source: 23 FR 9410, Dec. 5, 1958, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981.