California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 4 - Meat Inspection › Subchapter 1 › Article 2 - Supplemental Requirements, Licensing and Inspection › Section 901.9 - Custom Livestock Slaughterhouse or Meat Processing Establishment: Approval of Plans, Notice of Approval, and Granting of a License

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Each applicant for a license to operate a custom livestock slaughterhouse or a
					 meat processing establishment shall submit copies of plans, in triplicate,
					 drawn to scale, not necessarily blueprints, and with specifications detailing
					 the finish of all walls, floors, ceilings, doors, and door casings; ceiling
					 heights; dimensions of doorways; diameter of floor drains and principal
					 drainage lines; and slope of window sills. The plans shall show the locations
					 of features such as walls, windows, doorways, principal pieces of equipment,
					 floor drains, principal drainage lines, lavatories, hand washing basins, hose
					 connections for cleanup purposes, and conveyor rails. The plans shall indicate
					 the use of each room of the establishment. There shall also be a plot plan,
					 drawn to scale, showing features such as the limits of the establishment's
					 premises, locations in outline of buildings on the premises, cardinal points of
					 the compass, locations of wells, locations of septic tanks and lagoons, and
					 roadways and railroads serving the establishment.
(b) Each applicant for a license to operate a
					 custom livestock slaughterhouse or a meat processing establishment shall
					 submit, along with the plans described in subsection (a) of this section, a
					 completed MPES Form 79-039 (Rev. 10/11), General Facility Notes. The applicant
					 shall also submit a completed MPES Form 79-002A (Rev. 09/11), Custom Livestock
					 Slaughter or Meat Processing Plant License Application. Applicants for
					 licensure and renewal shall submit the fees required by sections
					 19010
					 and
					 19011
					 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(c) Each applicant for a license to operate a
					 custom livestock slaughterhouse or a meat processing establishment shall submit
					 official results of tests for potability of the establishment's water supply
					 provided by the California Department of Health Services, from an agency or
					 laboratory approved by the California Department of Health Services, or
					 laboratory of the Department.
(d)
					 Persons intending new construction or major reconstruction may request
					 information about plans, construction, and equipment from the Branch before
					 submitting plans. Upon request, the Branch will provide the Meat Processing
					 Establishment Plan Guidelines (Rev. 9/04), the Custom Livestock Slaughterhouse
					 Plan Guidelines (Rev. 9/04), the Meat Processing Establishment Construction and
					 Equipment Guidelines (Rev. 9/04), or the Custom Livestock Slaughterhouse
					 Construction Guidelines (Rev. 9/04).
(e) The Department shall provide a written
					 notice to each applicant granted approval and licensure, specifying the
					 establishment to which the same applies.
(f) Each applicant shall provide written
					 acknowledgement, such as a use permit, from the local zoning authority, that
					 shows the zoning authority is aware of and approves the operation of a custom
					 livestock slaughterhouse or a meat processing establishment at the proposed
					 location.
1. New
						section filed 5-31-2007; operative 6-30-2007 (Register 2007, No.
						22).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)
						filed 4-2-2012 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2012, No. 14).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  407,
						  18693,
						  18735,
						  18960,
						  18961,
						  19014,
						  19010
						  and
						  19011,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						  18991,
						  19000,
						  19001
						  and
						  19012,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.