West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 61 - Agriculture › Title 61 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Series 61-04 - Traditional Cheese Production › Section 61-4-8 - Milkhouse B Construction and Facilities

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
8.1. The producer may provide a milkhouse
				conveniently located and properly constructed, lighted, and ventilated for
				handling and cooling milk and for washing, handling, and storing the equipment
				and utensils. Other products which would be likely to contaminate milk, or
				otherwise create a public health hazard, shall not be handled in the
				milkhouse.
8.2. If the farm has a
				milkhouse it shall meet the following construction requirements:
8.2.1. The milkhouse shall be equipped with
				wash and rinse vats and a utensil rack, and have an adequate supply of hot and
				cold water available for cleaning milking equipment. If the milkhouse is part
				of the barn or other building, it shall be partitioned, screened, and sealed to
				prevent the entrance of dust, flies, or other contamination. A milking parlor
				used strictly as a milking facility in combination with a milkhouse, when
				properly equipped, arranged and maintained, need not be partitioned.
8.2.2. Concentrates and feed, if stored in
				the building, shall be kept in a tightly covered box or bin.
8.2.3. The floor of the building shall be of
				concrete or other impervious material. The floor slopes shall drain so that
				there are no pools of standing water. The joints between the floor and the
				walls shall be water tight;
8.2.4.
				The liquid wastes shall be disposed of in a sanitary manner. All floor drains
				shall be accessible and shall be trapped if connected to a sanitary
				sewer;
8.2.5. Walls and ceilings
				shall be constructed of smooth dressed lumber or similar material, be well
				painted with a light colored washable paint, and be in good repair. Surfaces
				and joints shall be tight and smooth. Sheet metal, tiles, cement block, brick,
				concrete, cement plaster, or similar materials of light color may be used as
				long as the surfaces and joints are smooth and easily cleaned;
8.2.6. Windows and solid doors shall be
				closed during dusty weather, otherwise, windows and doors shall be properly
				screened. All outside doors shall open outward and be self closing, unless they
				are equipped with tight fitting screen doors that open outward or unless other
				effective means are provided to prevent the entrance of flies;
8.2.7. The milkhouse shall be adequately
				ventilated to minimize odors and condensation on floors, walls, ceilings, and
				clean utensils;
8.2.8. Vents and
				light fixtures shall be installed in a manner to preclude the contamination of
				milk and clean utensils;
8.2.9.
				There shall be no direct opening into any barn, stable, or room used for
				domestic purposes; except that an opening between the milkhouse and milking
				parlor, is permitted when a tight fitting self-closing solid door, hinged to be
				single or double acting, is provided; and
8.2.10. The milkhouse shall be equipped with
				a wash and rinse vat having at least two compartments. Each compartment shall
				be of sufficient size to accommodate the largest utensil or container
				used.