SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
PLANTS MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING
AND PACKAGING BUTTER AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
§ 59a.361. Rooms and compartments.
(a) Coolers and freezers. The coolers and freezers must be equipped with facilities for maintaining proper temperature and humidity conditions, to protect the quality and condition of the products during storage or during tempering prior to further processing. Coolers and freezers shall be kept clean, orderly, free from insects, rodents and mold, and maintained in good repair. They must be adequately lighted and proper circulation of air shall be maintained at all times. The floors, walls and ceilings must be of a construction that permits thorough cleaning.
(b) Churn rooms. Churn rooms, in addition to proper construction and sanitation, must be equipped so the air is kept free from objectionable odors and vapors and extreme temperatures by means of adequate ventilation and exhaust systems or air conditioning and heating facilities.
(c) Print and bulk packaging rooms. Rooms used for packaging print or bulk butter and related products must, in addition to proper construction and sanitation, provide an atmosphere relatively free from mold (no more than 10 mold colonies per cubic foot of air), dust or other airborne contamination and be maintained at a reasonable room temperature.
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