Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 105 - Agriculture Department
Chapter 1540 - MEAT INSPECTION
Part 1540.2040 - SEPARATION OF TANKS, ROOMS, AND EQUIPMENT USED FOR INEDIBLE PRODUCTS FROM THOSE USED FOR EDIBLE PRODUCTS

All tanks and equipment used for rendering, preparing, or storing inedible products shall be in rooms or compartments separate from those used for rendering, preparing, or storing edible products. There shall be no connection between rooms or compartments containing inedible products and those containing edible products, except that there may be one connecting doorway between the slaughtering or viscera separating department and the tank charging room of the inedible products rendering department. Pipes and chutes installed in accordance with the requirements of the commissioner may be used to convey inedible and condemned material from edible product departments to inedible product departments.

Statutory Authority: MS s 31A.08