California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 5 - Poultry Inspection › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 4 - Application for Poultry Plant License › Section 1205 - Approval: Plans, Information to be Furnished, Subsidiary Plants, Notice of Approval and Granting of License

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Triplicate copies of complete plans, not necessarily blue prints, with
					 specifications, consisting of floor plans showing the locations of such
					 features as the principal pieces of equipment, route of edible products and
					 inedible viscera, floor drains, principal drainage lines, hand washing basins,
					 and hose connections for cleanup purposes; roof plans; elevations; cross and
					 longitudinal sections of the various buildings, showing such features as
					 principal pieces of equipment, heights of ceilings, conveyor rails, and
					 character of floors and ceilings; and a plot plan showing such features as the
					 limits of the plant's premises, locations in outline of buildings on the
					 premises, cardinal points of the compass and roadways and railroads serving the
					 plant, properly drawn to scale, shall be submitted for any intended new
					 construction or major reconstruction.
(b) Each applicant for a license to operate a
					 poultry 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, which is incorporated by reference.
(c) The source of water shall be made
					 available to a Department employee, upon request, and a water report issued
					 under the authority of the State and local health agency, certifying or
					 attesting to the potability of the water supply, in compliance with
					 9 CFR section
					 416.2(g), which is
					 incorporated by reference. The abbreviation "FSIS" (Food Safety and Inspection
					 Service) specified in 9 CFR Part 416 shall mean the "Department" for purposes
					 of these regulations.
(d) Persons
					 intending new construction or major reconstruction may request information from
					 the Department of Food and Agriculture, Meat, Poultry and Egg Safety Branch,
					 1220 "N" Street, Sacramento, California 95814, concerning the requirements
					 before submitting plans. Upon request, the Department shall provide a copy of
					 the applicable provisions of the California Building Code.
(e) Each application shall specify the names,
					 addresses, and forms of organization of subsidiaries for which a license is
					 requested to do any business described in section
					 1202.
(f) Notice in writing shall be given to each
					 applicant granted approval and license, specifying the plant to which the same
					 applies.
(g) Each applicant shall
					 provide written acknowledgement to the Department, such as a use permit, from
					 the local zoning authority that shows such authority is aware of and approves
					 the operation of a poultry plant at the proposed location.
1.
						Amendment filed 1-23-61; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 61, No.
						2).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 1-9-70; effective thirtieth
						day thereafter (Register 70, No. 2).
3. Amendment of section and new
						NOTE filed 3-19-2009; operative 4-18-2009 (Register 2009, No.
						12).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (b)
						and (d) filed 4-2-2012 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2012, No. 14).
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;
						  and 9 CFR Section
						  416.2(g) (2007).