N.J. Admin. Code § 8:21-2.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:21-2.1 - Frozen food locker plants

(a) The refrigeration system for a locker plant or branch locker storage plant shall be equipped with adequate and reliable automatic controls for the maintenance of uniform temperatures as required in the various rooms and shall be of adequate capacity to provide these temperatures under peak load conditions in the normal operation of the plant with extreme conditions of outside temperature.

(b) Each locker plant shall have thermometers so placed as to be readily accessible to public view in the various low temperature rooms.

(c) All food products offered for storage shall be placed in clean containers or wrappings suitable for freezing and proper storage, and clearly marked with the date of storage. Persons or firms operating locker or locker storage plants shall not place in a locker storage plant or allow to be received for processing, chilling, freezing, or storage in a locker or locker storage plant, any food articles in a state of decomposition or putrefaction, or in any other condition which renders them unfit for food, or in any condition which may cause deterioration in other food products.

(d) When articles of food, held in a locker plant, are removed from the packages in which they were contained and placed in other packages, the date of original entry into the locker plant of such articles shall be placed upon the containers into which they have been transferred; and if articles of food which have been placed in a locker or locker storage plant on different dates are packed in the same container, the date of storage of the article longest stored shall be placed upon the container to which such articles have been transferred.

(e) Any article of food, if intended for use other than human consumption shall be plainly and legibly labeled or marked with the words "Not for Human Consumption".

(f) All rooms in which food products are stored shall be provided with smooth, water-tight floors which can be readily cleansed. Floors must be kept in a clean condition at all times.

(g) The sidewalls and ceilings of all rooms shall be of smooth material, free from crevices and must be kept clean at all times.

(h) Waste materials shall not be permitted to accumulate in or around buildings in an insanitary manner. Waste materials shall be placed in clean metal containers.

(i) Adequate toilet facilities shall be provided for employees. All toilets shall be kept clean at all times.

(j) Adequate lavatory facilities shall be provided. All persons engaged in handling foods shall be required to wash hands before handling food after visiting toilet.

(k) No employer shall require, permit or allow any person to work in a cold storage warehouse, who is afflicted with any communicable disease.

(l) The license granted by the Department of Health to operate locker plant shall be displayed in the plant.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:21-2.1

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:21-2.14 by R.2000 d.427, effective 10/16/2000.
See: 32 New Jersey Register 2386(a), 32 New Jersey Register 3831(a).