Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part VII - Dairy Products Regulations › Chapter 9 - General Requirements for Dairy Plants › Subchapter B - Dairy Plant Construction, Sanitation and Operation › Section VII-925 - Water Supply

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  water supply shall comply with Part XII of this Code.
B. Potable water supplies for dairy plants
				  shall comply with the following:
1. Water for
				  dairy plant purposes shall be from supplies approved by the state health
				  officer and properly located, protected and operated. It shall be accessible
				  and of a safe, sanitary quality.
2.
				  There shall be no cross-connection between the safe water supply and any unsafe
				  or questionable water supply, or any source of pollution through which the safe
				  water supply might become contaminated. A connection between the water supply
				  piping and a make-up tank (such as for cooling or condensing), unless protected
				  by an air gap or effective back-flow preventer, constitutes a violation of this
				  requirement.
3. New individual
				  water supplies and water supply systems which have been installed, repaired or
				  otherwise become contaminated shall be disinfected before being placed in use.
				  The supply or water supply system shall be made free of the disinfectant (or
				  lowered until the disinfectant residual is equal to the normal disinfectant
				  residual coming from the existing water supply system) by pumping to waste
				  before any sample for bacteriological testing shall be collected.
4. Samples for bacteriological testing of
				  individual water supplies and water supply systems shall be taken by the state
				  health officer upon the initial approval of the physical structure, each six
				  months thereafter and when any repair or alteration of the individual water
				  supply or water supply system has been made. Samples shall be taken by the
				  state health officer and examinations shall be conducted in an official
				  laboratory. To determine if water samples have been taken at the frequency
				  established in this section, the interval shall include the designated
				  six-month period plus the remaining days of the month in which the sample is
				  due.
5. Besides meeting
				  bacteriological standards of Appendix G, Section I of the PMO, of potable water
				  supplied by individual water supplies shall also comply with applicable
				  chemical, physical, and radiological standards. Samples for same shall be
				  submitted by the milk or dairy facility to a certified chemical
				  laboratory/drinking water (as defined in Part XII of this Code) every five
				  years. The state health officer shall determine which chemical, physical, or
				  radiological contaminants or parameters the water should be tested for. Copies
				  of the laboratory results of samples shall be submitted to the state health
				  officer by the milk or dairy facility.
6. The water samples shall be tested in a
				  laboratory, approved by the state health officer using the methodology
				  prescribed by
Appendix G
of the
PMO.
The
				  state health officer shall take appropriate regulatory action on violative
				  water samples in accordance with the requirements of the
PMO.
7. Current
				  records of water test results shall be retained on file by the state health
				  officer and by the plant.