§ 59.703. Facilities.

 (a)  Water supplies shall conform with §  59.207 (relating to water supply).

 (b)  Sanitary drinking water facilities shall be provided in the plant and shall be conveniently located.

 (c)  Handwashing facilities shall conform with §  59.208 (relating to handwashing facilities).

 (d)  Steam shall conform with §  59.215(e) (relating to protection from contamination).

 (e)  Air under pressure shall conform with §  59.215(e).

 (f)  Dairy wastes shall be properly disposed of from the plant and premises. The sewer system shall have sufficient slope and capacity to readily remove all waste from the various processing operations. Where a public sewer is not available, all wastes shall be properly disposed of so as not to contaminate milk equipment or to create a nuisance or public health hazard. Containers used for the collection and holding of wastes shall be constructed of metal, plastic, or other equally impervious material and kept covered with tight fitting lids and placed outside the plant on a concrete slab or on a rack raised at least 12 inches. Waste containers may be kept inside a suitably enclosed, clean and flyproof room. Solid wastes shall be disposed of regularly and the containers cleaned before reuse. Accumulation of dry wastepaper and cardboard shall be kept to a minimum. The paper shall be burned at the plant in a properly constructed incinerator, or compressed or bagged and hauled away.