[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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;

 

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 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.