Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 7 - FOOD AND DRUGS › Rule 13 - Cold Storage Locker Plants › Section 13-1 - Application for license; facilities; hearing officer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  16-19-3-4; IC
				  16-19-3-5
Affected: IC 16-42-7
Sec. 1.
(A)
				Application for License: Procedure. Application for renewal of a license to
				operate a cold storage locker plant or branch locker plant shall be made to the
				Board not less than two weeks before expiration of the current license.
				Application for a new license to operate a cold storage locker plant or branch
				locker plant shall be made to the Board at least two weeks before the plant is
				scheduled to be placed in operation.
(B) Locker Plant and Branch Locker Plant:
				Definition. "All rooms of a locker plant or branch locker plant" shall include
				all detached buildings or rooms, under the control of the operator of said
				locker plant or branch locker plant and used in any capacity in connection with
				the operation of said locker plant or branch locker plant.
(C) Dressing Rooms. All locker plants or
				branch locker plants where employees' street clothing is stored shall be
				provided with adequate lockers or dressing rooms, separate and apart from any
				rooms in which food is prepared, processed, chilled, frozen or
				stored.
(D) Temperature. A
				temperature of not to exceed zero degrees Fahrenheit shall be maintained in the
				locker room of all locker plants or branch locker plants at all times.
				Provided, however, that a variation of five degrees Fahrenheit higher, for
				short periods incidental to plant operation, shall not be prohibited.
(E) Recording Thermometer: Installation.
(1) The recording thermometer in use at all
				locker plants or branch locker plants shall continually record temperatures in
				such plants for a period of not less than seven days; shall be enclosed in a
				moisture proof case, permanently fastened to a substantial wall in the
				vestibule or waiting room, and shall be five feet from the floor so that the
				recording chart is visible at all times. The instrument must be kept locked at
				all times except when changing dials, inking or repairing. Charts shall be
				changed once each week, be properly dated so as to indicate the period for
				which temperatures were recorded, be signed by the operator and be made
				available for inspection for at least one year.
(2) The sensitive bulb used to determine
				temperatures shall be located in the locker room not less than eight feet from
				any door or blower, not less than ten inches from any plates or coils and at
				least ten inches from the ceiling. The bulb shall not be placed directly in
				front of any door or blower.
(3)
				When more than one room or one section of lockers is maintained in a locker
				plant or branch locker plant, which rooms or sections of lockers are
				refrigerated independently of each other, a sensitive bulb, properly connected
				to an accurate recording thermometer, shall be installed in each such room or
				section of lockers in such a manner as to give accurate recordings of
				temperatures in each such room or section of lockers.