Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part VI - Manufacturing, Processing, Packing and Holding of Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
Chapter 9 - Processing and Bottling of Bottled Drinking Water
Section VI-923 - Sanitizing Operations [formerly paragraph 6:137-4]

1. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4(1)] live steam in enclosed system: at least 170°F for at least 15 minutes or at least 200°F for at least five minutes;

2. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4(2)] hot water in enclosed system: At least 170°F for at least 15 minutes or at least 200°F for at least five minutes;

3. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4(3)] chemical sanitizers shall be equivalent in bactericidal action to a two-minute exposure of 50 parts per million of available chlorine at or above 57°F when used as an immersion or circulating solution. Chemical sanitizers applied as a spray or fog shall have as a minimum 100 parts per million of available chlorine at or above 57°F or its equivalent in bactericidal action;

4. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4 (4)] 0.1 part per million ozone water solution in an enclosed system for at least five minutes;

5. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4 (5)] when containers are sanitized using a substance other than one provided for in 21 CFR 178.1010 of the Code of Federal Regulations, such substance shall be removed from the surface of the container by a rinsing procedure. The final rinse, prior to filling the container with product water, shall be performed with a disinfected water rinse free of pathogenic bacteria or by an additional sanitizing procedure equivalent in bactericidal action to that required in §923. A.3.