Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part X - Game Bird and Small Animal Slaughter and Processing › Chapter 1 - Required Permits › Section X-117 - Equipment and Utensils [formerly paragraph 10:028-1]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Equipment and utensils used for preparing,
				processing and otherwise handling any meat, meat product or poultry shall be of
				such material and construction so as to enable ready and thorough cleaning and
				sanitizing such as will insure strict cleanliness in the preparation and
				handling of all food products. Trucks and receptacles used for inedible
				products shall bear some conspicuous and distinct mark and shall not be used
				for handling edible products.
B.
				[formerly paragraph 10:028-2] Equipment and utensils used for preparing,
				processing and otherwise handling any meat, meat product or poultry shall be
				cleaned as often as necessary to avoid contamination of food, food ingredients
				and food-packaging materials. Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils
				used in the processing and packaging of foods subject to contamination by
				harmful microbes shall be washed with a suitable detergent solution, rinsed
				with potable water and then sanitized in a manner specified as follows.
1. [formerly paragraph 10:028-2.A] Hot Water
				Immersion. Cleaned equipment and utensils shall be immersed in fresh hot water
				of 170° F (77°C) or above.
2.
				[formerly paragraph 10:028-2.B] Chemical Sanitizers. A chemical sanitizer used
				in a sanitizing solution for a manual or mechanical operation at exposure times
				specified in §117. C shall be listed in
				21 CFR
				178.1010, shall be used in accordance with
				the EPA approved manufacturer's label use instructions, and shall be used as
				follows:
a. [formerly paragraph
				10:028-2.B.(1)] a chlorine solution shall have a minimum temperature based on
				the concentration and pH of the solution as listed in the following chart;
Minimum Concentration mg/L
Minimum Temperature pH of 10 or less °F (°C)
Minimum Temperature pH of 8 or less °F (°C)
25
50
100
120 (49)
100 (38)
55 (13)
120 (49)
75 (24)
55 (13)
b.
				[formerly paragraph 10:028-2.B.(2)] an iodine solution shall have a:
i. minimum temperature of 75°F
				(24°C);
ii. pH of 5.0 or less,
				unless the manufacturer's use directions included in the labeling specify a
				higher pH limit of effectiveness; and
iii. concentration between 12.5 mg/L and 25
				mg/L;
c. [formerly
				paragraph 10:028-2.B.(3)] a quaternary ammonium compound solution shall:
i. have a minimum temperature of 75°F
				(24°C);
ii. have an effective
				concentration of not more than 200 mg/L as specified in
				21 CFR
				178.1010;
iii. be used only in water with 500 mg/L
				hardness or less;
d.
				[formerly paragraph 10:028-2.B.(4)] other solutions of the chemicals specified
				in §117. B.2 a-c of this Part may be used if demonstrated to the state health
				officer to achieve sanitization and approved by the state health officer;
				or
e. [formerly paragraph
				10:028-2.B.(5)] o ther chemical Sanitizers may be used if they are applied in
				accordance with the manufacturer's use directions included in the
				labeling.