---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 58.938"
title: "7"
number: "58.938"
heading: "Physical requirements and microbiological limits for sweetened condensed milk."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/58.938"
---

# §58.938. Physical requirements and microbiological limits for sweetened condensed milk.

- (a) **Flavor.** Shall be sweet, clean, and free from rancid, oxidized, scorched, fermented, stale or other objectionable tastes and odors.
- (b) **Color.** Shall be white to light cream.
- (c) **Texture.** Shall be smooth and uniform, free from lumps or coarse graininess. There shall not be sufficient settling of the lactose to cause a deposit on the bottom of the container.
- (d) **Body.** Shall be sufficiently viscous so that the product upon being poured at room temperature piles up above the surface of that previously poured, but does not retain a definite form.
- (e) **Microbiological limits.**
  - (1) Coliforms, less than 10 per gram; (2) yeasts, less than 5 per gram; (3) molds, less than 5 per gram; (4) total plate count, less than 1,000 per gram.
- (f) **Keeping quality.** Samples incubated at 90-100 °F shall show no physical evidence of deterioration after seven days.
- (g) **Composition.** Shall meet the minimum requirements of the Food and Drug Administration for sweetened condensed milk ([21 CFR 131.120](/cfr/21/131.120.md)). In addition, the quantity of refined sugar used shall be sufficient to give a sugar-in-water ratio of not less than 61.5 percent.
- (h) **Sediment.** The amount of sediment retained on a lintine disc after a sample composed of 225 grams of product dissolved in 500 ml. of 140 °F water has passed through it, shall not exceed 0.10 mg. as indicated by the USDA Sediment Standard for Milk and Milk Products ([7 CFR 58.2726](/cfr/7/58.2726.md)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 47911, Oct. 10, 1975. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended at 67 FR 48977, July 29, 2002]

### 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.

### Amendments

[40 FR 47911, Oct. 10, 1975. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended at 67 FR 48977, July 29, 2002]