[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: 9CFR416.4]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 416_SANITATION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 416.4  Sanitary operations.



    (a) All food-contact surfaces, including food-contact surfaces of 

utensils and equipment, must be cleaned and sanitized as frequently as 

necessary to prevent the creation of insanitary conditions and the 

adulteration of product.

    (b) Non-food-contact surfaces of facilities, equipment, and utensils 

used in the operation of the establishment must be cleaned and sanitized 

as frequently as necessary to prevent the creation of insanitary 

conditions and the adulteration of product.

    (c) Cleaning compounds, sanitizing agents, processing aids, and 

other chemicals used by an establishment must be safe and effective 

under the conditions of use. Such chemicals must be used, handled, and 

stored in a manner that will not adulterate product or create insanitary 

conditions. Documentation substantiating the safety of a chemical's use 

in a food processing environment must be available to FSIS inspection 

program employees for review.

    (d) Product must be protected from adulteration during processing, 

handling, storage, loading, and unloading at and during transportation 

from official establishments.



[64 FR 56417, Oct. 20, 1999]