New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter VI - Food Control
Subchapter C - Food and Food Products (article 17 Agriculture and Markets Law)
Part 256 - Food Salvagers
Section 256.7 - Sanitation requirements

(a) Any building, or portion of any building, regularly used in food salvaging shall at all times be thoroughly clean and free from dust, foul atmosphere and contamination, and shall be properly lighted, drained and ventilated.

(b) The side walls and ceilings of all work rooms shall be well plastered, tiled or constructed of metal or lumber, and shall be painted to the end that they may be readily cleaned. They shall be kept free from dust, dirt and foreign matter and clean at all times.

(c) The floors of all work rooms shall be impermeable and shall be constructed of nonabsorbent material which can be flushed and washed clean with water.

(d) All salvaging plants shall have convenient toilet rooms separate and apart from work rooms. The doors of toilet rooms shall be provided with self-closing devices. The floor of the toilet room shall be of nonabsorbent material and shall be clean at all times. Toilet rooms shall be vented to the outdoors by means of windows or ventilating pipes. Adequate light, either natural or artificial shall be provided.

(e) Lavatories and wash rooms shall be adjacent to toilet rooms, and at other locations where required, and shall be supplied with soap, hot and cold, or warm running water and single-service towels or equivalent, and shall be maintained in a sanitary condition. Before beginning work, after visiting toilet rooms, and at other times as required, work-room employees shall wash their hands and arms thoroughly in clean water.

(f) Every salvaging plant shall be provided with a suitable room or rooms for the changing and hanging of wearing apparel of the workers or employees, which shall be separate and apart from the work storage and sales rooms, and shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

(g) Storage rooms for materials shall be kept clean and free from objectionable odors, and shall be rodent and vermin proof.

(h) Doors, windows and other openings of every work room shall be screened during fly season with screens of not coarser than 12-mesh wire screening, or other effective means of insect elimination shall be adopted.

(i) Salvaging plants shall be free of insects and rodents. Extermination, when practiced, shall be done in a safe manner so as not to contaminate foods stored in the plant and shall not make use of highly poisonous substances. Where rodent poisons are used, they shall be placed in properly constructed bait boxes.

(j) The water supply shall be ample, clean and potable with adequate facilities for its distribution in the plant. Complete hose stations to consist of hot and cold running water, mix valve, hose and hose hanger shall be provided where needed.

(k) All apparatus, utensils and appurtenances used in the handling and reconditioning of salvage goods shall be so constructed and placed that they can be thoroughly cleaned. Such equipment shall be kept clean and sanitary and in good repair.

(l) No person shall live or sleep in any building used as a salvaging plant unless the salvaging plant or work room of such salvaging plant is separated by impervious walls without doors or windows or other openings from the parts of the building used for living or sleeping quarters.

(m) Vats, sinks, and other washing equipment, provided with hot and cold running water and proper drains, shall be available for cleaning, rinsing and bactericidal treatment of food containers to be reconditioned. Necessary equipment for drying, buffing, relabeling and repacking shall, where required, be provided.

(n) All work-room employees shall be clean in person at all times and shall wear clean, washable clothing and caps, where the operation requires. They shall not smoke or chew tobacco where unpackaged foods are handled.

(o) No person suffering from or afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease shall be employed in or about any part of a salvaging plant.

(p) All products shall be stored on skids or pallets of sufficient height to facilitate cleaning inspection, and shall not be placed closer than 12 inches to walls. There shall be an aisle at least 18 inches wide between each double row of merchandise.