Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part VI - Manufacturing, Processing, Packing and Holding of Food, Drugs and Cosmetics › Chapter 5 - Bakeries and Manufacturing Confectioneries › Section VI-505 - Building Construction Requirements [formerly paragraph 6:082]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any building
				used or maintained as a bakery or manufacturing confectionery shall comply with
				the following requirements in this Section.
1.
				[formerly paragraph 6:083] Adequate plans and specifications for new
				establishments shall be submitted to the state health officer for approval
				before construction. Plans for establishments to sell only at retail shall be
				submitted to the local health unit.
2. [formerly paragraph 6:083-1] Floors shall
				be constructed with concrete, tile, glazed brick or other impervious materials
				sloped to drain quickly and effectively so that they may be easily cleaned. All
				drains shall be trapped.
3.
				[formerly paragraph 6:083-2] Walls and ceilings shall be smooth, tight,
				impervious and light colored and shall be kept clean.
4. [formerly paragraph 6:083-3] All outside
				openings shall be protected against flies and other vermin.
5. [formerly paragraph 6:083-4] Any bakery or
				manufacturing confectionery maintaining or operating a retail salesroom in
				connection therewith, shall provide a separate room for such retail operations
				and only personnel engaged in the manufacture, baking, cooking, molding or
				otherwise preparing bakery or confectionery products shall be permitted in the
				processing area except on permission from the management; provided, any duly
				authorized representative of the state health officer shall have access during
				reasonable working hours to make inspections and to collect samples for
				examination to determine whether the products sampled are adulterated,
				misbranded or otherwise manufactured, packed, prepared or held in violation of
				the sanitary code, or of the State Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law (R.S.
				40:601 et seq.).
6. [formerly paragraph 6:083.5] All rooms
				shall be well lighted, either naturally and/or artificially, and shall be well
				ventilated. A minimum of 40 foot-candles shall be provided for all work
				surfaces. When necessary to prevent accumulations of smoke, fumes heat or
				odors, forced draft ventilation shall be provided.
7. [formerly paragraph 6:083-6] A supply of
				potable water shall be available. Running hot and cold water delivered through
				a mixer faucet shall be required in amounts sufficient to give an abundance of
				water for all cleaning operations in and about the establishment. No
				cross-connection between the potable water supply and any unapproved water
				supply or any sewage disposal system shall be permitted.
8. [formerly paragraph 6:083-7] The building
				shall be constructed so as to exclude rats, mice, roaches or other vermin.
				Domestic pets shall be excluded in any part of the establishment.
9. [formerly paragraph 6:083-8] A locker
				room, separate from the food preparation rooms, shall be provided for
				employees.
10. [formerly paragraph
				6:083-9] Storage space separate from preparation and manufacturing areas shall
				be provided for all raw ingredients, packing boxes or other goods to be used in
				the manufacture, storage, packing or preparation of any food product. Storage
				space shall be rodent and vermin proof and so constructed and maintained as to
				permit easy fumigation, fogging, crack and crevice treatment and other
				established methods of pest control.