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Article: Vacuum break success. (Morning Glory Farms)
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- Dairy Foods
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
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The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance requires that "pasteurized product, between its outlet from the regenerator and the nearest point downstream open to the atmosphere, shall rise to a vertical elevation of 12 in above the highest raw milk level, downstream from the constant-level tank, and shall be open to the atmosphere at this or a higher elevation."
This requirement is typically met by installing a vacuum breaker at the required elevation on the downstream side of the pasteurizer (HTST).
However, vacuum breakers are a problem for dairies because they require manual cleaning, and the specified elevation generally means that the vacuum breaker is ...