Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
The building or buildings shall be of sound construction and
shall be kept in good repair to prevent the entrance or harborage of rodents,
birds, insects, vermin, and other animals. Any openings around service pipes
through outside walls shall be effectively sealed around the openings or sealed
with tight metal collars.
(A) All
openings to the outer air including doors, windows, skylights, and transoms
shall be effectively protected or screened to prevent the entrance of flies and
other insects, rodents, birds, dust, and dirt. All outside doors opening into
processing rooms shall be in good condition and fit properly. All hinged,
outside screen doors shall open outward. All doors shall be tight-fitting and
self-closing. All doors and windows shall be kept clean and in good repair.
Outside conveyor openings and other special-type outside openings shall be
effectively protected to prevent the entrance of flies and rodents by means of
doors, screens, flaps, fans, or tunnels. Outside openings for sanitary
pipelines shall be covered when not in use. On new construction, window sills
should be slanted downward at an angle of forty-five degrees.
(B) The walls, ceilings, partitions, posts of
rooms in which milk or dairy products are processed, manufactured, handled,
packaged, or stored (except dry storage of packaged finished products and
supplies) or in which utensils are washed and stored, shall have a smooth
finish with a suitable material of light color, which is substantially
impervious to moisture and shall be kept clean. These surfaces shall be
refinished as often as necessary to maintain a neat, clean surface.
(C) Floors:
(1) The floors of all rooms in which milk or
dairy products are processed, manufactured, packaged, or stored or in which
utensils are washed shall be constructed of tile properly laid with impervious
joint material, concrete, or other equally impervious material. The floors
shall be smooth, kept in good repair, and graded
so that there will be no pools of standing water or milk products after
flushing. Drains shall be equipped with traps properly constructed and shall be
kept in good repair. On new construction, bell-type traps shall not be used.
The plumbing shall be installed to prevent the backup of sewage into the drain
lines and onto the floor of the plant.
(2) Sound, smooth wood floors which can be
kept clean may be used in rooms where new containers, supplies and designated
packaged finished products are stored.
(D) Lighting and ventilation:
(1) Light shall be ample and well
distributed. All rooms in which dairy products are manufactured or packaged or
where utensils are washed shall have at least thirty foot-candles of light
intensity on all working surfaces and at least fifty foot-candles of light
intensity in areas where dairy products are graded or examined for condition
and quality. In all other rooms, there shall be at least five foot-candles of
light intensity when measured at a distance of thirty inches from the floor.
Where contamination of product by broken glass is possible, light bulbs,
fluorescent tubes, skylights, or other fixtures over the product shall be
protected against breakage.
(2)
There shall be adequate heating, ventilation, or air conditioning in all to
facilitate maintenance of sanitary conditions. Exhaust or inlet fans, vents,
hoods, or temperature and humidity control facilities shall be provided as
needed to minimize or eliminate undesirable room temperatures, objectionable
odors, moisture condensation, or have an atmosphere relatively free from mold
(not exceeding ten mold colonies per cubic foot of air). Inlet fans shall be
screened and should be provided with an adequate air filtering device to
eliminate dirt and dust from incoming air. Ventilation systems shall be cleaned
periodically and shall be maintained in good repair. Exhaust outlets shall be
screened or be provided with self-closing louvers to prevent the entrance of
insects when not in use.
(E) Rooms in which any raw materials,
packaging materials, ingredient supplies, or dairy products are handled,
manufactured, packaged, or stored shall be designed, constructed, and
maintained to assure desirable room temperatures and enhance clean, orderly
operating conditions free from objectionable odors and vapors. Enclosed bulk
milk receiving rooms when present shall be separated from the processing rooms
by a partition. Rooms for receiving can milk shall be separated from processing
rooms by a partition (partial or complete), by suitable arrangement of
equipment, or by allowing enough distance between receiving and processing
operations to avoid possible contamination of milk or dairy products during
manufacturing and handling. Processing rooms shall be kept free from equipment
and materials which are not routinely used.
(1) Coolers and freezers used for storage of
dairy products shall be clean, reasonably dry and maintained at proper uniform
temperature and humidity levels by providing adequate circulation of air at all
times to protect the product and minimize mold growth. Coolers and freezers
shall be free from rodents, insects and pests. Shelves shall be kept clean and
dry. Refrigeration units shall have provisions for the collection and disposal
of condensate.
(2) Supply rooms
used for the storage of packaging materials, containers, and miscellaneous
ingredients shall be kept clean, dry, orderly, free from insects, rodents, and
mold and maintained in good repair. Such items stored therein shall be
adequately protected from dust, dirt, or other extraneous matter and so
arranged on racks, shelves, or pallets to permit access to the supplies and to
permit cleaning and inspection of the room. Insecticides, rodenticides,
cleaning compounds, and other nonfood products shall be properly labeled and
segregated, and stored in a separate room or cabinet away from milk, dairy
products, ingredients, or packaging supplies.
(3) Boiler and tool rooms shall be separated
from other rooms where milk and dairy products are processed, manufactured,
packaged, handled, or stored. Such rooms shall be kept orderly and reasonably
free from dust and dirt.
(4) Toilet
and dressing room facilities shall be conveniently located to all processing
operations.
(a) Toilet rooms shall not open
directly into any room in which milk or dairy products are processed,
manufactured, packaged or stored. Doors shall be self-closing. Ventilation
shall be provided by mechanical means or by screened openings to the outer air.
Fixtures including but not limited to toilet stools, sinks, lights and lockers,
shall be kept clean and in good repair.
(b) If employees are furnished with a locker
or other storage facility, the lockers or other storage facilities shall be
kept clean and orderly. Adequate hand-washing facilities shall be provided as
specified in paragraph (B) of rule
901:11-2-21 of the
Administrative Code. Durable, legible signs shall be posted conspicuously in
each toilet or locker room directing employees to wash their hands before
returning to work.
(5)
Adequate sanitary facilities shall be provided for the handling of starter
cultures.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
10/24/2017 and
10/24/2022
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 917.02
Rule
Amplifies: 917.02
Prior
Effective Dates: 06/18/2001, 06/06/2005, 09/19/2007,
02/21/2016
