La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XXIX-715

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

Section XXIX-715 - Basic Facility Requirements

A. Permittee facilities shall provide finishes to floors, walls, and ceilings that are durable, light in color, and easily cleanable.

B. Facilities shall be sufficient in size to allow space for the following:

1. orderly placement of equipment and materials to minimize the possibility of contamination;

2. receipt, storage, and withholding from use components pending sampling (if required),identification and release by quality assurance personnel;

3. holding of rejected components or finished products pending disposal or rework;

4. storage of containers, packaging and labeling;

5. manufacturing and processing operations;

6. packaging and labeling operations; and

7. storage of finished products.

C. Facilities shall provide lighting, ventilation, and screening as needed to do the following:

1. prevent contamination of products with extraneous adulterants;

2. minimize dissemination of microorganisms from one area to another.

D. Facilities shall provide locker rooms for storage of employee personal equipment and belongings.

E. Facilities shall provide a plumbing system designed and installed in accordance with the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code. Additionally, the system shall include the following:

1. no cross-connections between any potable and non-potable water supply;

2. where all equipment is not clean-in-place, at least one three-compartment sink with compartments adequate in size to submerse the largest utensil used in manufacturing operations;

3. an adequate number of hand lavatories supplied with hot-and-cold running water through a mixer-type faucet and hand soap and paper towels located convenient to manufacturing operation areas;

4. at least one utility sink for the disposal of mop wastes;

5. adequate means of sanitary disposal of wastewater.

F. Facilities shall provide adequate means of conveyance, storage, and disposal of refuse and non-medical marijuana waste products so as to minimize the development of odors, prevent waste products from becoming an attractant to and harborage for vermin, and prevent contamination of components, finished products, facility surfaces, grounds or water supplies.

G. Facilities shall provide toilet rooms in accordance with the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code. Additionally toilet rooms shall be maintained in proper working order and in a sanitary condition. Toilet rooms shall have self-closing doors and shall not open directly into manufacturing areas. Toilet rooms shall include signs directing employees to wash hands with soap and water after using the toilet.

H. Facilities shall be located on premises that are maintained free of the following:

1. disused equipment, waste, debris or other materials that may serve as harborages for or attractants to vermin;

2. overgrowth of vegetation;

3. poorly-drained areas; and

4. excessively-dusty areas.

I. Equipment used in manufacturing operations shall not be additive, reactive, or absorptive to any product or its components and shall be installed in such as manner as to facilitate cleaning and not to contribute to potential crosscontamination of finished products.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XXIX-715

Amended LR 482980 (12/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1046 et seq.