Arizona Administrative Code
Title 3 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 10 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - CITRUS FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DIVISION
Article 16 - PRODUCE SAFETY INSPECTIONS, VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT
Section R3-10-1608 - Major Violation
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
The following is a nonexclusive list of practices, conditions or situations on a farm that, if corrective action is not taken, may increase the risk of contamination to covered produce. A regulated person shall not:
1. Store or maintain packaging materials in a manner that fails to protect covered produce from being contaminated by known or reasonably foreseeable hazards;
2. Store or maintain equipment and tools in a manner that fails to protect covered produce from being contaminated by known or reasonably foreseeable hazards;
3. Allow personnel to perform assigned duties without adequate or appropriate training;
4. Allow personnel to perform assigned duties without proper food safety apparel or hair restraints;
5. Allow visitors to contaminate covered produce or food contact surfaces by known or reasonably foreseeable hazards;
6. Allow a person with an applicable health condition to handle or contact covered produce or food contact surfaces;
7. Allow a person who has not properly used toilet or hand washing facilities to handle or contact covered produce or food contact surfaces;
8. Dispose of trash from hand washing facilities in a manner that fails to protect covered produce, food contact surfaces, agricultural water sources, or agricultural water distribution systems from being contaminated with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards;
9. Improperly control or improperly dispose of trash, litter and waste in areas used for covered activities;
10. Improperly control or improperly dispose of trash from toilet and hand washing facilities in areas not used for covered activities, but in areas that are part of the farm;
11. Improperly maintain and service toilet facilities to ensure suitability of use;
12. Improperly maintain and service hand washing facilities to ensure suitability of use;
13. Improperly control pests in buildings in a manner that fails to protect covered produce from being contaminated by known or reasonably foreseeable hazards; or
14. Complete records prior to the documented activity being performed.
