IMS List
Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement Ratings
of Interstate Milk Shippers

Table of Contents

• Rules for Inclusion in the IMS
• National Uniform Coding System for Packaging Identification of Milk and Milk Product Processing
• State Regulatory Agency not in Substantial Compliance with Appendix N
• Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement Ratings of Interstate Milk Shippers - Domestic
• Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement Ratings of Interstate Milk Shippers - Foreign
  • Product Codes
• Abbreviations
• Certified Manufacturers of Single-Service Containers and Related Products
  • Explanation of Product and Material Codes
• Foreign Manufacturers of Single Service Containers and Closurers for Milk and Milk Products
• Milk Laboratories Approved by Federal and State Agencies
  • Lab Procedures, Number Codes and Lab. Classification
• Milk Laboratory Supervisors
• PHS/FDA Milk Specialists
• FDA CFSAN Personnel
• State Grade A Milk Sanitation Personnel
  • Definitions
• Coded Memoranda (Milk Safety References)

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Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement Ratings of Interstate Milk Shippers - Domestic

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Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement Ratings of Interstate Milk Shippers - Foreign

Certified Manufacturers of Single-Service Containers and Related Products

Milk Laboratories Approved by Federal and State Agencies

Milk Laboratory Supervisors

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This list is provided as an on-line guide to assist regulatory program management and others who utilize the IMS list to stay current by providing monthly updates. The list is issued in printed form semiannually by the FDA Milk Safety Branch.

"IMS LIST SANITATION COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT RATINGS OF INTERSTATE MILK SHIPPERS" (ISSN 0898-9877) is published semiannually in a printed version for free distribution by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740. Media Mail postage paid at College Park, MD and additional mailing offices.

Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
Milk Safety Branch, HFS-626
College Park, MD 20740

Rules For Inclusion In The IMS List

Interstate milk shippers who have been certified by State Milk sanitation authorities as having attained the milk sanitation compliance ratings are indicated in the following list. These ratings are based on compliance with the requirements of the USPHS/FDA Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance and Grade A Condensed and Dry Milk Products and Condensed and Dry Whey and were made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Methods of Making Sanitation Rating of Milk Supplies.

*Proposal 301 that was passed at 2001 NCIMS conference held May 5-10, 2001, in Wichita, Kansas and concurred with by FDA states: "Transfer Stations, Receiving Stations and Dairy Plants must achieve a sanitation compliance rating of 90 or better in order to be eligible for a listing in the IMS List. Sanitation compliance rating scores for Transfer and Receiving Stations and Dairy Plants will not be printed in the IMS List". Therefore, the publication of a sanitation compliance rating score for Transfer and Receving Stations and Dairy Plants will not be printed in this edition of the IMS List.

THIS LIST SUPERSEDES ALL LISTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUED HERETOFORE ALL PRECEDING LISTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO ARE VOID.

The rules for inclusion in the list were formulated by the official representatives of those State milk sanitation agencies who have participated in the meetings of the National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipments. These rules are as follows:

1. The interstate milk shipper's milk supply must be under the routine supervision of an official agency-State or local. Supervision shall be based on the procedures and standards of the USPHS/FDA Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, Grade A Condensed and Dry Milk Products and Condensed and Dry Whey and Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk Supplies.

2. Ratings of interstate milk shipper's supplies must be made by State Milk Sanitation Rating Officers who have been certified by a USPHS/FDA representative. Ratings to be listed shall include the sanitation compliance ratings of the producing farms, receiving stations, transfer stations, and pasteurization plants and the enforcement rating of the supervising agency.

3. Ratings must be made on individual shipper's supplies, unless the supply is part of an area milkshed which has been awarded a rating of 90% or more on the basis of an official rating. Individual ratings and area milkshed ratings shall be made at a frequency of not less than once every 24 months, but not more often than 15 days. All ratings shall be reported and listed to the nearest whole number.

4. The interstate milk shipper's supply must be under a program of routine laboratory control which has been checked by the State laboratory approval agency as complying substantially with Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products, published by the American Public Health Assocation, and with provisions of the Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, officially designated laboratories periodically checked by the State may perform this routine laboratory control.

5. USPHS/FDA shall periodically make check ratings of the sanitation compliance status of listed shippers, and shall certify the rating, and laboratory procedures of the reporting State.

USPHS/FDA will not include on this list the ratings of any shipper's supply unless the written permission of the shipper concerned has been obtained by the State milk sanitation rating agency.

The use of the list is entirely optional, and that its sole purpose is to assist those States who wish to utilize this information in the furtherance of their own milk sanitation program.

Those shippers who correctly completed "Interstate Milk Shipper Report" is received by the Milk Safety Branch, HFS-626, Washington, D.C. prior to the first day of the month preceding publication will be included in the subsequent semi-annual listing.

We are limiting the company name to the name of the parent organization or its subsidiary, but not both. If the preferred listings is not indicated in the Interstate Milk Shippers Report, FD 2359I, the editor will select the listing he/she considers appropriate.

National Uniform Coding System For Packaging Identification of Milk and Milk Product Processing Plants

The voluntary national uniform coding system, developed by the National Labeling Committee and recommended for utilization by the Ninth National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments, is a system for the identification of pasteurization plants at which milk and milk products are packaged by means of nationally recognized State and plant code numbers on the package. It is exclusively applicable to products pasteurized in a plant other than shown under the trade name, distributor's names, or private label. If this voluntary national uniform code system is not used, the name and address of the plant at which pasteurization took place will be identified on the cartons or containers. (See Section 4, Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance).

Since the start of this program, we have utilized the IBM numerical code for State identification. Public Law 89-306, October 30, 1965, authorized the Secretary of Commerce" to make appropriate recommendations to the President relating to the establishment of uniform Federal automatic data processing standard." The new numerical code for the States developed under this Public Law is known as FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards).

The Executive Board of the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments requested that the change from the IBM code system to the FIPS code system coincide with the effective date of FDA's nutritional labeling. Nutritional labeling is now in effect and States will be identified by the FIPS code in this and subsequent lists of the IMS List Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement of Interstate Milk Shippers.

Each State, in cooperation with local jurisdictions, may assign individual identification numbers to processing plants within the State. When a State assigned number is indicated on the Interstate Milk Shipper Report, it is published in this list following the name of the shipper.

If the name and address of the plant at which pasteurization took place it not imprinted on the container, proper identification of a container may include the name and main address of manufacturer, processor, or distributor plus the code number that identifies the State and plant in which the product was pasteurized.

FIPS Numerical Code for States
State	FIPS Code Number	State	FIPS Code Number
Alabama	01	Montana	30
Alaska	02	Nebraska	31
Arizona	04	Nevada	32
Arkansas	05	New Hampshire	33
California	06	New Jersey	34
Colorado	08	New Mexico	35
Connecticut	09	New York	36
Delaware	10	North Carolina	37
District of Columbia	11	North Dakota	38
Florida	12	Ohio	39
Georgia	13	Oklahoma	40
Hawaii	15	Oregon	41
Idaho	16	Pennsylvania	42
Illinois	17	Puerto Rico	43
Indiana	18	Rhode Island	44
Iowa	19	South Carolina	45
Kansas	20	South Dakota	46
Kentucky	21	Tennessee	47
Louisiana	22	Texas	48
Maine	23	Utah	49
Maryland	24	Vermont	50
Massachusetts	25	Virginia	51
Michigan	26	Washington	53
Minnesota	27	West Virginia	54
Mississippi	28	Wisconsin	55
Missouri	29	Wyoming	56

Example: 37-275, 37 indicates processing plant is located in North Carolina. 275 identifies a plant within the State.

It is recommended that the part of the code indicating the State or origin always consist of two digits followed by a hypen; for example, 05- or 48.

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In compliance with the NCIMS Conference PROCEDURES GOVERNING the COOPERATIVE STATE-PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, Food and Drug Administration PROGRAM for CERTIFICATION of INTERSTATE MILK SHIPPERS, and at the request of the Chairman of the NCIMS Conference, the following State regulatory agency or agencies are identified as not being in substantial compliance with Appendix N:

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Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement Ratings of Interstate Milk Shippers

Product Codes

1. Raw Milk for Pasteurization (May include Lowfat, Skim or Cream).
2. Pasteurized Milk, Reduced Fat, Lowfat, Skim.
3. Heat-Treated (May Include Reduced Fat, Skim, Lowfat or Cream).
4. Pasteurized Half and Half, Coffee Cream, Creams.
5. Ultra-Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products
6. Aseptic Milk and Milk Products (Including Flavored).
7. Cottage Cheese (Including Lowfat, Nonfat or Dry Curd).
8. Cultured or Acidified Milk and Milk Products.
9. Yogurt (Including Lowfat or Skim).
10. Sour Cream Products (Acidified or Cultured).
11. Whey (Liquid).
12. Whey (Condensed).
13. Whey (Dry).
14. Modified Whey Products (Condensed or Dry).
15. Condensed Milk and Milk Products.
16. Nonfat Dry Milk.
17. Buttermilk (Condensed or Dry).
18. Eggnog.
19. Lactose Reduced Milk and Milk Products.
20. Low-Sodium Milk and Milk Products.
21. Milk and Milk Products with Added Safe and Suitable Microbial Organisms (Such as Lactobacillus acidophilus).
22. Dry Milk.
23. Anhydrous Milk Fat.
24. Cholesterol Modified Anhydrous Milk Fat.
25. Cholesterol Modified Fluid Milk Products.
26. Cream (Condensed or Dry).
27. Blended Dry Products.
28. Whey Cream.
29. Whey Cream and Cream Blends.
30. Grade 'A' Lactose
31. Raw Goat Milk for Pasteurization.
32. Pasteurized Goat Milk and Milk Products .
33. Cultured Goat Milk and Milk Products.
34. Condensed or Dry Goat Milk and Milk Products.
35. Ultra-Pasteurized Goat Milk and Milk Products.
36. Aseptic Goat Milk and Goat Milk Products.
37. Raw Sheep Milk for Pasteurization.
38. Cultured Sheep Milk and Milk Products.
39. Concentrated Raw Milk Products for Pasteurization.
40. Concentrated Pasteurized Milk Products.

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Abbreviations

The following abbreviations used in this list may be unfamiliar to some of our readers:

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CERTIFIED MANUFACTURERS OF SINGLE-SERVICE CONTAINERS AND RELATED PRODUCTS

The names of manufacturers of single-service containers for milk and milk products who have been certified by State Milk Sanitation Rating Authorities as being in satisfactory compliance with the requirements found in Fabrication of Single-Service Containers and Closures for Milk and Milk Products are listed on the following pages.

This listing of certified single-service manufacturing plants includes only the names of those plants reported to this office as having been certified by State Milk Sanitation Rating Officers. If furnished to FDA, the coding or identification system used by the manufacturer will be found following the name of the plant and city where it is located.

Space limitations compel us to limit the company name to the name of the parent organization or the name of the division, but not both. If the preferred listing is not indicated on FDA Form 2359d, the editor will select the listing he/she feels is appropriate.

Explanation of Product and Material Code
First Column-Product		Second Column-Material
1 -	Containers	1 -	Metal
2 -	Closures	2 -	Paper (includes laminates)
3 -	Other products (including sample containers and closures, valves, films, etc.)	3 -	Plastic
4 -	Containers & closures	4 -	Metal and Paper
5 -	Containers and other products	5 -	Metal and Plastic
6 -	Closures and other products	6 -	Paper and Plastic
7 -	Containers, closures and other products	7 -	Metals, Paper and Plastic

Expiration Date

This date is 15 or 24 months following the survey date. Certifications of single-service manufacturing plants may be valid for 1 or 2 years. In case of a 1 year certification a 90 day grace period was inserted in this list to provide time for transmission of the completed Report of Certification, FDA Form 2359d from states to the Regional Offices, to Headquarters and to the printers. In order to list firms for 24 months one of two criteria must be met. If one of these criteria are not met the listing will be for 15 months.

The criteria for 24 month listing are:

1. Single Service Manufacturers that operate in conjunction with an IMS listed milk processing plant may be listed for 24 months if the single service plant is inspected at least quarterly using form 2359c (Manufacturing Plant Inspection Report) and records of such inspections and all required tests are maintained by the regulatory agency. The permit for the milk processing plant shall also include inspection of the single service manufacturing areas.

2. Single Service Manufacturers that operate as a separate entity may be listed for 24 months if the regulatory agency has a permit system and inspects the plants, using the FDA form 2359c, at least quarterly. All testing of containers and individual water supplies shall be under the direction of the regulatory agency and kept on file.

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Milk Laboratories Approved by Federal and State Agencies

Milk laboratories, and the laboratory procedures performed, which have been found to be in substantial compliance with Evaluation of Milk Laboratories, Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products (most recent edition) and Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists are listed on the following pages. State central laboratories (Cen.) and procedures are approved by Milk Laboratory Evaluation Officers of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Official (Off.), commercial (Com.), dairy industry (Ind.) and certified industry supervisor (Sup.) laboratories and procedures are approved by State Milk Laboratory Evaluation Officers.

The list includes the laboratory names, locations, numbers assigned by the FDA, expiration dates, the dates of the last two split samples participated in, and the procedures for which the laboratories are approved.

Laboratory Procedure Codes #           Procedures 2. Standard Plate Count 3. Plate Loop Count (raw milk only) 4. Spiral Plate Count (raw milk only) 5. Petrifilm Aerobic Count 7. BactoScan FC 9. Detection of Inhibitory Substances B2. Charm BSDA C2. Charm II Competitive C3. Charm II Sequential C4. Charm II Quantitative C7. Charm Transit C9. Charm II Cloxacillin C10. Charm II Sulfa C11. Charm II Chloramphenical C12. Charm II Tetracycline C13. Charm SL (Safe Level) C14. Charm SL6 D1. Delvotest P D3. Delvotest P 5 Pack P1. Penzyme Milk P2. Penzyme III I1. Snap BL I2. Parallux 12. Direct Somatic Cell Count 16. Electric Somatic Cell Count 20. Petrifilm Coliform Count/High Sensitivity Coliform Count 21. Coliform Plate Count 22. Pasteurized Milk Containers 23. Phosphatase Test - Scharer Rapid 24. Dairy Water 26. Disintegration Test 27. Flat Lid or Pour Contact Tests 28. Phosphatase Test-Flourophos 29. Phosphatase Test-Charm 30. Vitamin Analysis (A, D or A & D)

Expiration Date
The expiration date (EXP. DATE) shown is the date that the laboratory's approval status actually expires. A two month grace period, however, is allowed to accommodate the transmission of laboratory reports to the FDA.

Laboratory Number Code
Five (5) digit numbers are assigned to each laboratory by the FDA. The first two digits identify the State in which the laboratory is located according to the FIPS Numerical Code for States (see page iv). The following three digits are assigned according to the laboratory type as shown below:

-- 001--099	Central and Officials Laboratories
-- 100--299	Commercial Laboratories
-- 300--499	Industrial Laboratories
-- 500--799*	Certified Industry Supervisors
-- 800--899	Certified Vitamin Laboratories
-- 900--999	Federal Laboratories
* The names of Certified Industry Supervisors are listed at the end of the State listings.

Laboratory Classifications
F = Approved, this laboratory may perform the indicated procedures for IMS purposes.

C = Conditionally approved, this laboratory does not have full status, but may perform the indicated procedures for IMS purposes.

N = Not approved, this laboratory has recently had its approval removed and may no longer be used for official IMS testing.