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007.10.39-110.37. Sanitary Facilities and Controls

AR ADC 007.10.39-110.37Arkansas Administrative Code

West's Arkansas Administrative Code
Title 007. Department of Health
Division 10. Environmental Health Protection
Rule 39. Rules Pertaining to Good Manufacturing Practices (Refs & Annos)
Ark. Admin. Code 007.10.39-110.37
007.10.39-110.37. Sanitary Facilities and Controls
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Each plant shall be equipped with adequate sanitary facilities and accommodations including, but not limited to:
A. Water supply
The water supply shall be sufficient for the operations intended and shall be derived from an adequate source in compliance with applicable water supply regulations adopted by the State Board of Health. Any water that contacts food or food-contact surfaces shall be safe and of adequate sanitary quality. Hot and cold running water under pressure shall be provided in all areas where required for the processing of food, for the cleaning of equipment, utensils, and food-packaging materials, or for employee sanitary facilities.
B. Plumbing
Plumbing shall be installed in accordance with the Arkansas State Plumbing Code and shall be of adequate size and design, installed and maintained to:
1) Carry sufficient quantities of water to required locations throughout the plant.
2) Properly convey sewage and liquid disposable waste from the plant.
3) Avoid constituting a source of contamination to food, water supplies, quipment [FN1], or utensils or creating an insanitary condition.
4) Provide adequate floor drainage in all areas where floors are subject to flooding-type cleaning or where normal operations release or discharge water or other liquid waste on the floor.
5) Provide that there is no backflow from, or cross-connection between, piping systems that discharge waste water or sewage and piping systems that carry potable water for food or food manufacturing or for equipment and utensil cleaning.
C. Sewage disposal
Sewage disposal shall be made into an adequate and approved sewerage system which is in compliance with applicable wastewater disposal regulations adopted by the State Board of Health.
D. Toilet facilities
The plant shall be provided with adequate and conveniently located toilets, installed in accordance with the Arkansas State Plumbing Code. The toilet facilities shall be:
1) Maintained in a sanitary manner
2) In good repair.
3) Mechanically vented to the outside.
4) Provided with self-closing doors.
E. Hand-washing facilities
Hand-washing facilities shall be adequate and convenient and shall be furnished with running water at a suitable temperature. Compliance with this requirement may be accomplished by providing:
1) Hand-washing and, where appropriate, hand-sanitizing facilities at each location in the plant where good sanitary practices require employees to wash and/or sanitize their hands.
2) Effective hand-cleaning and sanitizing preparations.
3) Sanitary towel service or suitable drying devices.
4) Devices or fixtures, such as water control valves, shall be so designed and constructed as to protect against recontamination of clean, sanitized hands.
5) Readily understandable signs directing employees handling unprotected food, unprotected food-packaging materials, or food-contact surfaces to wash and where appropriate, sanitize their hands before they start to work, after each absence from post of duty, and when their hands may have become soiled or contaminated. These signs should be posted in processing room(s) and in all other areas where employees may handle such food, materials, or surfaces
6) Refuse receptacles that are constructed and maintained in a manner that protects against contamination of food.
F. Rubbish and offal disposal.
Rubbish and any offal shall be so conveyed, stored and disposed of as to minimize the development of odor, minimize the potential for the waste becoming an attractant and harborage or breeding place for pests, and protect against contamination of food, food-contact surfaces, water supplies and ground surfaces.

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Adopted Feb. 21, 2013.
[FN1]
So in original.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 007.10.39-110.37, AR ADC 007.10.39-110.37
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