[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR416.4]

[Page 632]
 
                  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]