SANITATION AND PROCEDURE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE
TO THE HANDLING AND PROCESSING OF PASTEURIZED MILK
AND MILK PRODUCTS (MILK PLANT)


§ 59.201. Floors—construction.

 (a)  The floors of all rooms in which milk is handled, processed, or stored or in which milk containers or utensils are washed shall be constructed of good quality concrete or equally impervious tile or brick laid closely with impervious joint material, metal surfacing with impervious joints, or other material which is the equivalent of good quality concrete. The floors of storage rooms for dry ingredients or packaging material may be constructed of tightly joined wood.

 (b)  The floor surface shall be smooth and sloped, so that there are no pools of standing water after flushing; and the joints between the floor and the walls shall be impervious.

 (c)  The floors shall be provided with trapped drains. Cold-storage rooms used for storing milk and milk products need not be provided with floor drains when the floors are sloped to drain to one or more exits. Storage rooms for dry ingredients or packaging materials need not be provided with drains.

Cross References

   This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §  59.251 (relating to receiving station requirements); 7 Pa. Code §  59.252 (relating to transfer station requirements); 7 Pa. Code §  59.253 (relating to tank truck cleaning and sanitizing facilities requirements); and 7 Pa. Code §  59.702 (relating to buildings).



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