C.R.S. Section 25-5.5-102
Butter defined

  • standards

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Butter is a food product which is made exclusively from milk, from cream, or from both milk and cream, with or without common salt and with or without additional coloring matter, and which contains not less than eighty percent by weight of milk fat, with all tolerances having been allowed for.

(b)

Cream for butter-making shall be pasteurized at a temperature of not less than one hundred sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit and held continuously in a vat at such temperature for not less than thirty minutes or pasteurized by the HTST method at a minimum temperature of not less than one hundred eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit for not less than fifteen seconds or pasteurized by any other equivalent temperature and holding time which will assure adequate pasteurization.

(c)

Whipped butter is butter that has been stirred or whipped to incorporate air or inert gas until its volume has been increased up to a range of fifty percent to one hundred percent.

(2)

The standards for butter are as follows: The proteolytic count of not more than one hundred per gram, the yeast and mold count of not more than twenty per gram, and the coliform count of not more than ten per gram.

Source: Section 25-5.5-102 — Butter defined - standards, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

25‑5.5‑101
Definitions 25‑5.5‑102
Butter defined - standards 25‑5.5‑103
Powers and duties 25‑5.5‑104
Unsanitary dairy products 25‑5.5‑105
Unsanitary utensils, equipment, and premises - prohibited 25‑5.5‑106
Containers of dairy products - prompt delivery - removal of products 25‑5.5‑107
Testing and sampling of dairy products - unlawful acts - licensing - dairy protection cash fund - created 25‑5.5‑108
Condensed milk and cream 25‑5.5‑109
Brands and marks - defacement 25‑5.5‑110
Milk, cream, and cheese - standards 25‑5.5‑111
Treated milk to be labeled 25‑5.5‑112
Weight ticket to be furnished 25‑5.5‑113
Sample taken upon arrival 25‑5.5‑114
Interference with officer - penalty 25‑5.5‑115
Analyses prima facie evidence 25‑5.5‑116
Penalty 25‑5.5‑117
Raw milk 25‑5.5‑201
Short title 25‑5.5‑202
Purpose 25‑5.5‑203
Definitions 25‑5.5‑204
Imitation dairy products - labeling 25‑5.5‑205
Enforcement and power - rules 25‑5.5‑206
Enforcement by injunction 25‑5.5‑207
Subpoena of defendant 25‑5.5‑208
Seizure of products 25‑5.5‑209
Penalty 25‑5.5‑301
Short title 25‑5.5‑302
Definitions 25‑5.5‑303
Ice cream - standards 25‑5.5‑304
French ice cream and custards - standards 25‑5.5‑305
Ice milk - standards 25‑5.5‑305.5
Low-fat frozen dairy dessert - standards 25‑5.5‑306
Sherbet - standards 25‑5.5‑307
Water ice - standards 25‑5.5‑308
Adulterated and misbranded - when 25‑5.5‑309
Administration and enforcement 25‑5.5‑310
Regulations 25‑5.5‑311
Products detained or embargoed - when 25‑5.5‑312
Violations - penalty
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