South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 12 - Department of Agriculture
Article 12:11 - Frozen dairy desserts
Chapter 12:11:02 - Requirements for plants
Section 12:11:02:12 - Installation of equipment

All equipment and piping shall be designed and installed so as to be easily accessible for cleaning and shall be kept in good repair and free from cracks and corroded surfaces. Milk pumps shall be of a sanitary type and easily dismantled for cleaning. New or rearranged equipment shall be set out approximately 24 inches from any wall or spaced at least 24 inches between pieces of equipment that measure more than 48 inches on the parallel sides. This requirement does not apply between tanks if the face of the tanks extend through a wall into a processing room. All parts or interior surfaces of equipment, pipes, except certain piping cleaned in place, or fittings, including valves and connections, shall be accessible for inspection. Cleaned-in-place sanitary piping and welded sanitary pipeline systems, if used, are acceptable if engineered and installed according to the 3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practices for permanently installed sanitary product pipelines and cleaning systems.

General Authority: SDCL 39-8-4.

Law Implemented: SDCL 39-8-4.

3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practices, November 21, 1999, formulated by the Dairy Industry Committee, International Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians, U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dairy and Food Industries Supply Association, and Poultry and Egg Institute of America. Published by the Journal of Food Protection. Copies may be obtained from the International Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians, Box 701, Ames, Iowa 50010.