[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR355.13]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 355--CERTIFIED PRODUCTS FOR DOGS, CATS, AND OTHER CARNIVORA; INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND IDENTIFICATION AS TO CLASS, QUALITY, QUANTITY, AND CONDITION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 355.13  Sanitation.

    Sanitary facilities and accommodations shall be furnished by every 
inspected plant. Of these the following are specifically required:
    (a) Dressing rooms, toilet rooms, and urinals shall be sufficient in 
number, ample in size, and conveniently located. They shall be properly 
lighted and ventilated and of sanitary construction. They shall be 
separate from the rooms and compartments in which certified products are 
prepared, stored or handled.
    (b) Modern hand-washing basins, including running hot and cold 
water, soap and towels shall be placed in or near toilet rooms.
    (c) Toilet soil lines shall be separate from house drainage lines to 
a point outside the buildings and drainage from toilet soil lines shall 
not be discharged into a grease catchbasin.
    (d) Properly located facilities shall be provided for cleansing 
utensils and hands of all persons handling or preparing any products to 
be certified.
    (e) Equipment and utensils used for preparing any products to be 
certified shall be of such material and construction as will make them 
susceptible of being readily and thoroughly cleaned.
    (f) Trucks and receptacles used for inedible materials shall be of 
such construction as to permit ready and thorough cleansing, shall bear 
a conspicuous and distinctive mark, and

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shall be used exclusively for handling inedible material.
    (g) Rooms, compartments, places, equipment and utensils used for 
preparing, storing or otherwise handling any certified products, and all 
other parts of the inspected plant, shall be kept clean. There shall be 
no handling or storing of materials which creates an objectionable 
condition in rooms, compartments or places where certified products are 
prepared, stored or otherwise handled.