Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs
Section 583.Sec. 16 - NEW
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 583.Sec. 16
Current through September 16, 2024
1. A mobile processing unit must be constructed:
(a) To maintain a clean and sanitary
condition;
(b) Of durable materials
that are light in color, impervious and easy to clean; and
(c) To protect openings against the entry of
dirt, debris, water and insects.
2. A mobile processing unit must have:
(a) Light bulbs that are shielded, coated or
otherwise shatter-resistant in any areas where there may be exposed food, clean
equipment, utensils, hand-washing, dressing and locker rooms or
toilets.
(b) A minimum lighting
intensity of 50 foot-candles (540 lux) at each surface where an employee may
handle food, utensils or equipment, including, without limitation, knives,
slicers, grinders and saws.
(c)
Access to potable water from a:
(1) Potable
water tank that is approved by the Department with a minimum capacity of 40
gallons for poultry processing or 10 gallons per head of livestock that may be
processed based on the slaughter capacity of the mobile processing unit;
or
(2) Potable water source that is
immediately accessible at the operational site of the mobile processing unit.
Before using such a potable water source, the operator of the mobile processing
unit must submit to the Department a signed statement from the property owner
of the operational site certifying that the water source is potable.
(d) A wastewater recovery tank
that has a capacity that is at least 15 percent greater than the potable water
tank or another method approved by the Department to catch blood and waste from
slaughter that is performed outside of a mobile processing unit to avoid the
contamination of any water sources or run off onto adjacent property.
(e) A sanitation container large enough to
allow complete immersion of the tools used for sanitation.
(f) For all surfaces that will have direct
contact with food products, smooth surfaces that do not contain pits, cracks,
crevices, scale or rust. Such surfaces must be corrosion and abrasion
resistant, nonabsorbent, shatterproof, nontoxic and not capable of entering
into food products.
(g) Handwashing
facilities that include, without limitation, running water that is hot and cold
or running water that is hot and warm, soap and individual sanitary towels or
another hand drying device that is approved by the Department. Handwashing
facilities must be kept clean and in good repair.
(h) Access to toilet facilities.
(i) Adequate storage facilities for all
nonmeat or nonpoultry products, including, without limitation, spices, paper
products and utensils.
(j) If the
mobile processing unit slaughters livestock, a lifting mechanism that is
capable of lifting a carcass at least 12 inches above the ground. The lifting
mechanism must be located in a place where any carcass suspended from the
lifting mechanism does not touch the mobile processing unit, including, without
limitation, a truck or trailer body that is part of the mobile processing
unit.
(k) Cleaning agents and paper
towels available at all times.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R003-23A, eff. 6/4/2024
NRS 583.055 and 583.539
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