Cal. Code Regs. tit. 3 § 1209.1

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 1209.1 - Other Facilities and Conditions Provided by Official Establishments
(a) When required by the area supervisor, the following facilities and conditions, and such others as may be found to be essential to the conduct of inspection and maintenance of sanitary conditions, shall be provided by each official establishment:
(1) Lighting of good quality and intensity in order to conduct inspections;
(2) All rooms in which poultry are killed, eviscerated, or otherwise processed shall have at least 30 foot candles of illumination on all working surfaces;
(3) Illumination at inspection surfaces shall be at least 50 foot candles;
(4) All other rooms shall have at least 5 foot candles of illumination when measured at a distance of 30 inches from the floor;
(5) Tables, benches, and other equipment on which inspection is to be performed, of such design, material, and construction as to enable inspectors to conduct their inspection in an efficient and clean manner;
(6) Watertight trucks or receptacles for holding and handling diseased carcasses and parts, so constructed as to be readily cleaned; such trucks or receptacles shall have the phrase "Condemned" in letters not less than 2 inches high, and, when required by the area supervisor, to be equipped with facilities for locking or sealing;
(7) A hand wash lavatory (other than one which is hand operated) furnished with soap, disposable single-use towels, a proper waste receptacle, and hot and cold water, and located adjacent to the inspector's work area;
(8) Liquid soap, cleansers, sanitizers, and hot water for cleansing and disinfecting hands and for sterilizing all implements used in dressing diseased carcasses, floors, and such other articles and places as may be contaminated by diseased carcasses or otherwise; and
(9) Facilities, including denaturing materials, for the disposal of condemned articles in accordance with the regulations in this subchapter.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 1209.1

1. New section filed 3-19-2009; operative 4-18-2009 (Register 2009, No. 12).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 24561, 24562, 24681 and 24991, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 24651, 24652, 24653, 24654, 24655, 24656, 24657, 24658, 24659, 24660 and 24661, Food and Agricultural Code.

1. New section filed 3-19-2009; operative 4-18-2009 (Register 2009, No. 12).