Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › AGENCY DESCRIPTION › Chapter 246-70 - Marijuana product compliance › Section 246-70-070 - Compliant product safe handling

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Marijuana processors shall ensure all
				processing facilities that create or handle marijuana-infused products are
				constructed, kept, and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition in
				accordance with rules as prescribed by the Washington state department of
				agriculture under chapters 16-165 and 16-167 WAC.
(2) Marijuana processors that do not create
				or handle marijuana-infused products and all marijuana producers shall adopt
				and enforce policies and procedures to ensure that operations involving the
				growing, receiving, inspecting, transporting, segregating, preparing,
				production, packaging, and storing of marijuana or marijuana products are
				conducted in accordance with adequate sanitation principles including:
(a) Any person who, by medical examination or
				supervisory observation, is shown to have, or appears to have, an illness, open
				lesion, including boils, sores or infected wounds, or any other abnormal source
				of microbial contamination for whom there is a reasonable possibility of
				contact with marijuana, marijuana plants, or marijuana products shall be
				excluded from any operations that may be expected to result in microbial
				contamination until the condition is corrected.
(b) Hand-washing facilities must be available
				and furnished with running water. Hand-washing facilities shall be located in
				the permitted premises and where good sanitary practices require employees to
				wash or sanitize their hands, and provide effective hand-cleaning and
				sanitizing preparations and sanitary towel service or suitable drying
				devices.
(c) All persons working in
				direct contact with marijuana, marijuana plants, or marijuana products must
				conform to hygienic practices while on duty including, but not limited to:
(i) Maintaining personal
				cleanliness;
(ii) Washing hands
				thoroughly in hand-washing areas before starting work and at any other time
				when the hands may have become soiled or contaminated;
(iii) Refraining from having direct contact
				with marijuana, marijuana plants, or marijuana products if the person has or
				may have an illness, open lesion, including boils, sores or infected wounds, or
				any other abnormal source of micro-bial contamination, until the condition is
				corrected.
(d) Litter
				and waste are properly removed and the operating systems for waste disposal are
				maintained in a manner so that they do not constitute a source of contamination
				in areas where marijuana, marijuana plants, or marijuana products may be
				exposed.
(e) Floors, walls and
				ceilings are constructed in such a manner that they may be adequately cleaned
				and kept clean and in good repair.
(f) There is adequate lighting in all areas
				where marijuana, marijuana plants, or marijuana products are stored and where
				equipment or utensils are cleaned.
(g) There is adequate screening or other
				protection against the entry of pests. Rubbish must be disposed of so as to
				minimize the development of odor and minimize the potential for the waste
				becoming an attractant, harborage, or breeding place for pests.
(h) Any buildings, fixtures, and other
				facilities are maintained in a sanitary condition.
(i) Toxic cleaning compounds, sanitizing
				agents, and solvents used in the production of marijuana concentrates must be
				identified, held and stored in a manner that protects against contamination of
				marijuana, marijuana plants, and marijuana products, and in a manner that is in
				accordance with any applicable local, state, or federal law, rule, regulation,
				or ordinance.
(j) All contact
				surfaces, including utensils and equipment used for the preparation of
				marijuana, marijuana plants, or marijuana products must be cleaned and
				sanitized regularly to protect against contamination. Equipment and utensils
				must be designed and be of such material and workmanship as to be adequately
				cleanable, and must be properly maintained. Sanitizing agents must be used in
				accordance with labeled instructions.
(k) The water supply must be sufficient for
				the operations and capable of providing a safe, potable, and adequate supply of
				water to meet the facility's needs. Each facility must provide its employees
				with adequate and readily accessible toilet facilities that are maintained in a
				sanitary condition and good repair.