Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
Buildings, fixtures, and other physical facilities of the
plant shall be kept in good repair and shall be maintained in a sanitary
condition. Cleaning operations shall be conducted in such a manner as to
minimize the danger of contamination of product and product contact surfaces.
Detergents, sanitizers and other materials used in cleaning and sanitizing
procedures shall be free of chemical or microbiological contamination and shall
be safe and effective for their intended use. Only such materials as required
to maintain sanitary conditions, for use in laboratory testing procedures, for
plant and equipment maintenance and operation or used in manufacturing or
processing operations, shall be stored in the plant. These materials shall be
identified and used only in such manner and conditions that will be safe for
their intended use.
(a) Storage tanks
shall, at a minimum, meet the following requirements:
(1) Inspected for cleanliness on a monthly
basis and kept free of scale, evidence of oxidation and residue.
(2) Cleaned on a monthly basis by sanitizing
with one of the following and flushing with finished product water:
(i) chlorine water solution of 200 parts per
million (ppm) for a minimum of five minutes;
(ii) spray wet surface with 200 ppm chlorine
water solution. This is to be used on surfaces that are not reached by the
above soaking treatment;
(iii)
bactericides, such as organic chlorine compounds and bactericidal agents
containing iodine or bromine; and
(iv) 0.1 ppm ozone water solution for not
less than 10 minutes contact time.
(b) Product water pipelines shall, at a
minimum, meet the following requirements:
(1)
Kept free of scale, evidence of oxidation and residue.
(2) Cleaned on a daily basis by sanitizing
with one of the following:
(i) water
containing at least 200 ppm of chlorine for a minimum of five minutes, followed
by flushing with finished product water; or
(ii) the continuous recirculation of at least
0.1 ppm ozonated water.
(c) Product equipment shall, at a minimum,
meet the following requirements:
(1) Cappers
shall be kept free of residue and sanitized on a daily basis.
(2) Hoppers shall be kept covered, free of
residue and sanitized on a daily basis.
(3) Ozone mixing tanks and equipment, soft
water tanks and other associated equipment shall be inspected on a monthly
basis, disassembled if necessary, cleaned and sanitized as needed.
(4) Bottle washing equipment shall be kept
free of paper residue and substances which may interfere with proper operation
of jets. Internal sprays shall be checked daily to assure proper timing and
adequate washing of bottles.
(5)
Fillers shall be kept free from scale, evidence of oxidation and residue and
shall be sanitized on a daily basis. Filling and capping operations shall be so
conducted as to prevent contamination of water being bottled. The filler
reservoir shall be kept covered at all times.
(d) Personnel shall, at a minimum, meet the
following requirements.
(1) Employees shall
wear clean outer garments and caps while bottling, packaging water or
sanitizing bottles and packages.
(2) Expectorating is prohibited, except into
receptacles for wastewater or sewage.
(3) Before starting work and immediately
after visiting a toilet, smoking, eating, drinking or any other activity that
soils the hands, every person shall wash his hands and forearms with soap and
warm water and thoroughly rinse them in clean water.
(4) No person affected by disease in a
communicable form or while a carrier of such disease or while affected with
boils, sores, infected wounds or other abnormal sources of microbiological
contamination, shall knowingly be permitted to work in a bottled water plant in
any capacity, if there is a reasonable possibility of finished product water
becoming contaminated by such person or of disease being transmitted by such
persons or other individuals.
(5)
Tobacco shall not be used in any product-processing room.
(6) Eating and drinking is prohibited in
product-processing rooms.
