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In 1983, the Michigan legislature adopted changes in the Frozen Desserts Act, Act 298, Public Acts of 1968, as amended, which eliminated the need for the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) to license, sample and inspect those facilities which manufactured frozen desserts in a food service setting. Since all food service establishments are licensed and inspected by the local health department, this decision was based on the fact that a food service facility should not be inspected by two regulatory agencies. Local health departments were not provided with the resources necessary to deal with the added responsibility and very little work has been done to monitor the quality of soft serve products manufactured at food service establishments. Many local health agencies do not have laboratories in which food products can be analyzed and have not set up sampling and inspection procedures for the frozen dessert part of food service establishments. MDA, therefore continues to license, inspect and sample those establishments not covered by the Public Health code. In cooperation with local health departments, a soft serve risk assessment survey was conducted. The results of the sampling and survey will be used to: 1) to determine and characterize the type and baseline levels of microbiological organisms which are found in soft serve desserts, 2) assess the effectiveness of sanitation practices currently used in soft serve production and to determine if establishment practices have an impact on these levels, and 3) to justify the changes that the Michigan Department of Agriculture made to the state dairy laws.