[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR416.3]

[Page 627]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 416_SANITATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 416.3  Equipment and utensils.

    (a) Equipment and utensils used for processing or otherwise handling 
edible product or ingredients must be of such material and construction 
to facilitate thorough cleaning and to ensure that their use will not 
cause the adulteration of product during processing, handling, or 
storage. Equipment and utensils must be maintained in sanitary condition 
so as not to adulterate product.
    (b) Equipment and utensils must not be constructed, located, or 
operated in a manner that prevents FSIS inspection program employees 
from inspecting the equipment or utensils to determine whether they are 
in sanitary condition.
    (c) Receptacles used for storing inedible material must be of such 
material and construction that their use will not result in the 
adulteration of any edible product or in the creation of insanitary 
conditions. Such receptacles must not be used for storing any edible 
product and must bear conspicuous and distinctive marking to identify 
permitted uses.

[64 FR 56417, Oct. 20, 1999]