Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 445A - Water Controls › PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Bottled Water › Section 445A.563 - Inspection of containers and closures; requirements for disposable containers and closures

Current through June 11, 2024
1. During the
				filling, capping and sealing of the water containers, the operator shall watch
				the performance of the filler, capper and sealer to ensure that the filling,
				capping and sealing is performed in a sanitary manner. The operator shall
				visually or electrically inspect each filled container to ensure that it is
				sound, properly capped or sealed, coded and labeled. A container which is found
				to be unsatisfactory must be reprocessed or discarded.
2. The operator shall not use containers and
				closures which will render the water injurious to health or which will
				adversely affect the flavor, color, odor or bacteriological quality of the
				water. The operator shall inspect each container and closure to ascertain
				whether it is free from visual contamination.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
				4, at least once every 3 months, a bacteriological examination must be made
				from four containers and closures selected just before they are to be filled
				and sealed. At least three of the four samples must not contain more than one
				bacteria per milliliter of capacity as tested by the rinse method or one colony
				per square centimeter of the surface area as tested by the swab method. Each
				sample must not contain any coliform organisms. The procedures and apparatus
				for these tests must conform to those set forth in the
Standard Methods
				for the Examination of Dairy Products
, 16th Edition, 1992, which is
				hereby adopted by reference. A copy of the publication may be obtained from the
				American Public Health Association, 1015 15th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
				20005, at a price of $50. The tests must be performed by a qualified employee
				at the plant or at a laboratory certified by the Board pursuant to this
				chapter.
4. If an operator
				purchases disposable containers and closures from a manufacturer listed in the
				Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement Ratings of Interstate Milk Shippers, the
				operator is not required to comply with the requirements of subsection 3. The
				Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement Ratings of Interstate Milk Shippers, as
				those ratings existed on July 1, 1994, are hereby adopted by reference. A copy
				of those ratings may be obtained from the United States Food and Drug
				Administration Milk Safety Branch, HFS-626, 200 C Street, Washington, D.C.
				20204, at no charge.
5. If the
				publication adopted pursuant to subsection 4 is revised, the Administrator of
				the Division shall review the revision to determine its suitability for this
				State. If the Administrator of the Division determines that the revision is not
				suitable for this State, he or she shall give notice within 30 days after the
				effective date of the revision. If the Administrator of the Division does not
				give notice within 30 days, the revision becomes part of the publication
				adopted by reference pursuant to subsection 4.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				  Health, eff. 10-14-82; A 9-15-94
NRS
					 439.200