Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 49 - PUBLIC HEALTH-FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS › Part I - Regulations › Chapter 12 - Seafood Regulations › Subchapter C - Shrimp for Freezing Regulations › Section I-1265 - Physical Requirements [Formerly 49:6.3030]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All exterior openings of the establishment
				  shall be adequately screened, and roofs and exterior walls shall be tight. When
				  necessary, fly traps or other approved insect- control devices shall be
				  installed.
B. Except for raw
				  headless shrimp, which may or may not be deveined, picking and packing rooms
				  shall be separate, provided that this requirement may be waived where
				  separation of picking and packing rooms is not necessary for adequate
				  sanitation. Fixtures and equipment of picking and packing rooms shall be so
				  constructed and arranged as to permit thorough cleaning. Such rooms shall be
				  adequately lighted and ventilated, and the floors thereof shall be tight and
				  arranged for thorough cleaning and proper drainage. Open drains from picking
				  rooms shall not enter packing room. If picking and packing rooms are in
				  separate buildings, such buildings shall not be more than 100 yards apart
				  unless adequate provisions are made to enable efficient inspection.
C. All surfaces of tanks, belts, tables,
				  flumes, utensils, and other equipment with which either picked or unpicked
				  shrimp come in contact after delivery to the establishment shall be of metal
				  other than lead, or of other nonporous and easily cleanable materials. Metal
				  seams shall be smoothly soldered or smoothly welded.
D. Adequate supplies of nontoxic detergents,
				  sanitizing agents, potable running water and, if necessary, of steam shall be
				  provided for washing, cleaning, and otherwise maintaining the establishment in
				  a sanitary condition.
E. Adequate
				  toilet facilities of sanitary type shall be provided. Full compliance must be
				  met with the requirements of State laws, City ordinances, or both.
F An adequate number of sanitary wash basins,
				  with liquid or powdered soap, shall be provided in both the picking and packing
				  rooms, paper towels shall be provided in the packing room.
G Signs requiring employees handling shrimp
				  to wash and sanitize their hands after each absence from post of duty shall be
				  conspicuously posted in the picking and packing rooms and elsewhere about the
				  establishment as conditions require.
H. One or more suitable washing devices and
				  one or more suitable inspection belts shall be installed for the washing and
				  subsequent inspection of the shrimp before processing.
I. Suitable containers, flumes, chutes, or
				  conveyors shall be provided for removal of offal from picking room.
J. Picking or heading tables shall be
				  equipped with flumes supplied with potable water or with mechanical conveyors
				  for removing the picked or headed shrimp.
K. Each freezing and cold-storage compartment
				  shall be fitted with at least the following equipment:
1. an automatic control for regulating
				  temperatures;
2. an indicating
				  thermometer so installed as to indicate accurately the temperature within the
				  freezing or storage compartment.