Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part VI - Manufacturing, Processing, Packing and Holding of Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
Chapter 13 - Cold Storage and Ice Plants
Section VI-1305 - Building Construction: Ice Plants, Cold Storage Plants or Cold Storage Rooms [formerly paragraph 6:169]
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Storage in any basement, room or receptacle which is subject to sewerage or waste water backflow, or in any place having defective drain pipes or appliances, is prohibited. Floors shall be constructed of tight, sound, smooth material, free from cracks and easily cleanable. The cold storage rooms shall be constructed and maintained to prevent entrance of rodents, in accordance with Part V (Disease Vector Control) of this Code.
B. All cold storage rooms shall be properly lighted by natural or artificial means.
C. No new ice plant shall hereafter be constructed nor shall major alterations be made to existing ice plants without the prior written approval of, and unless in accordance with plans and specifications approved in advance by the state health officer.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(1)(a). Also see R.S. 40:601 et seq.
