La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § VI-923

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section VI-923 - Sanitizing Operations [formerly paragraph 6:137-4]

A. All product water contact surfaces shall be sanitized by chemical means, circulation of live steam or hot water. The plant should maintain a record of the intensity of the sanitizing agent and the time duration that the agent was in contact with the surface being sanitized. The following times and intensity shall be considered a minimum:

1. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4(1)] live steam in enclosed system: at least 170°F for at least 15 minutes or at least 200°F for at least five minutes;

2. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4(2)] hot water in enclosed system: At least 170°F for at least 15 minutes or at least 200°F for at least five minutes;

3. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4(3)] chemical sanitizers shall be equivalent in bactericidal action to a two-minute exposure of 50 parts per million of available chlorine at or above 57°F when used as an immersion or circulating solution. Chemical sanitizers applied as a spray or fog shall have as a minimum 100 parts per million of available chlorine at or above 57°F or its equivalent in bactericidal action;

4. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4 (4)] 0.1 part per million ozone water solution in an enclosed system for at least five minutes;

5. [formerly paragraph 6:137-4 (5)] when containers are sanitized using a substance other than one provided for in 21 CFR 178.1010 of the Code of Federal Regulations, such substance shall be removed from the surface of the container by a rinsing procedure. The final rinse, prior to filling the container with product water, shall be performed with a disinfected water rinse free of pathogenic bacteria or by an additional sanitizing procedure equivalent in bactericidal action to that required in §923. A 3

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § VI-923

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1244 (June 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(1)(a). Also see R.S. 40:601 et seq.