---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 109.3"
title: "9"
number: "109.3"
heading: "Pasteurizers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/109.3"
---

# §109.3. Pasteurizers.


All pasteurizing equipment shall meet the requirements in paragraphs [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), and [(c)](#c) of this section and be acceptable to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

- (a) Metal serum containers shall be used in licensed establishments. During the heating process, each container shall be surrounded by a separate water jacket or equivalent so that the entire container, including its lid, is heated to the required temperature. Each serum container shall be equipped with a motor-driven agitator and a separate automatic recording thermometer.
- (b) Each water bath shall have an automatic temperature control to limit the temperature of the water to a maximum of 62 °C., an automatic recording thermometer, an indicating thermometer set in a fixed position, and circulating mechanism adequate to insure equal temperatures throughout the bath. The heating unit for the bath shall be separated from the serum container and the water jacket.
- (c) Accurate thermometers at licensed establishments shall be used at frequent intervals to check temperatures of the serum as registered by recording thermometers.

## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 16039, Oct. 13, 1970, as amended at 56 FR 66783, Dec. 26, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 151-159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

### Amendments

[35 FR 16039, Oct. 13, 1970, as amended at 56 FR 66783, Dec. 26, 1991]