Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 21 - FOOD SAFETY DIVISION - BAKERIES › Section 603-021-0720 - Processing Methods

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) General
			 sanitation: The operations of receiving, segregating, holding, compounding,
			 mixing, packaging and packing, storing, transporting, and handling shall be
			 conducted in a sanitary manner. There shall be no contamination, adulteration,
			 or deterioration of the product or its ingredients. Every plant manu-facturing
			 bottled beverages shall be equipped with suitable mechanical bottle washing
			 apparatus, and with approved machines for carbonating, filling, and crowning.
			 Plant operations shall be performed in such a manner as to prevent the operator
			 or his clothing from coming in contact with the beverages or sanitized
			 product-contact surfaces.
(2)
			 Bottle washing: Reusable glass containers used in the manufacture of soft
			 drinks shall, before being refilled, be sanitized by being washed in an
			 automatic washing machine. An indicating thermometer and caustic solution test
			 equipment shall be used to ascertain the temperature and caustic strength of
			 the washing solution.The washing solution shall consist of at least 3 percent
			 caustic soda with a minimum contact period of 5 minutes and a temperature of
			 130 degrees F. or an equivalent cleansing and sanitizing process. The bottles
			 shall be rinsed free of washing solution with potable water. Single-service
			 containers may be sanitized by air or water rinsing machines. One trip (single
			 service) containers, such as bottles and cans, may be washed in a mechanical
			 bottle washer, air or water rinsed. One trip containers that are not washed,
			 air or water rinsed shall be stored in such manner as to protect such
			 containers from airborne and manual contamination.
(3) Preparation of sirups: Sirups shall be
			 prepared in a sanitary manner. Every precaution shall be taken against
			 contamination, absorption, or deleterious substances during the preparation and
			 subsequent storage. Sirup tanks and vats shall be covered and constructed of
			 stainless steel or other suitable noncorrosive material. The tanks shall be
			 free from defects, self-draining, free from seams, and shall be of such
			 construction as to be readily flushed, cleaned, and sanitized. Galvanized iron,
			 lead, zinc, copper, or brass-lined containers, pipelines, or apparatus of other
			 deleterious materials shall not be used in preparation, storage, or conveyance
			 of sirups. The sirup room shall be equipped with a wash sink and plumbed with a
			 drain and hot and cold running water.
(4) Filling and crowning: Bottles shall be
			 filled and capped by means of automatic machinery, and neither the operator nor
			 his clothes shall come in contact with any part of the bottle or machinery that
			 might result in contamination of the product. Removal of the crown of
			 imperfectly crowned bottles and recrowning shall not be permitted. Crowns which
			 have been touched on the inner side by the operator, as may occur while
			 adjusting the crowner, shall be discarded. Returnable bottles shall be
			 inspected for any abnormal condition immediately before or after being
			 filled.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  561.190 & ORS
				  635.045
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  635.045