SECTIONS 33761-33782 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 33761-33782

33761. If any provision of this article is violated by any milk
products plant, the milk products plant is insanitary.

33762. Milk or cream, or any product of milk or cream, shall not be
received, by a milk products plant if such milk or cream, or product
of milk or cream, comes within any of the following classes:
(a) Is impure, tainted, unclean, adulterated, or unwholesome.
(b) Has reached an advanced stage of fermentation.
(c) Shows a state of putrefactive fermentation.
(d) Contains foreign substances which are detrimental to the
quality of the product manufactured from the milk or cream or the
product of milk or cream.

33763. The utensils and apparatus that come in contact with milk or
its products shall be thoroughly washed and afterwards sterilized
each time they are used by heating them to a temperature above 200
degrees Fahrenheit, or by a chemical or other sterilization process
which has been approved by the director and which is used in the
manner established by regulation of the director.

33764. The cans or other containers in which the milk or milk
products are received, transported, or delivered shall be thoroughly
washed, sterilized, and dried after emptying and before being sent
out to be used again.

33765. No container, utensil, apparatus, or equipment, except as
otherwise provided, shall be used for any purpose other than that of
handling milk and the products of milk.

33766. The inside surfaces of any equipment, apparatus, or
container, which comes in contact with milk or its products, shall be
smooth and readily cleanable and free of open seams, cracks, or
crevices. All openings in covers of tanks, vats, separators or other
equipment shall be protected by raised edges or otherwise to prevent
the entrance of surface drainage. Every tank in which milk or a milk
product is stored shall be equipped with an accurate thermometer. All
surface coolers shall be equipped with condensate deflectors and
tight-fitting shields.

33766.5. Recirculated cold water which is used in coolers and
exchangers shall be obtained from a safe source and protected from
contamination. Any freezing point depressant shall be nontoxic. All
bottling or packaging machine supply tanks and bowls shall have
covers which are constructed to prevent any contamination from
reaching the inside of the filler tank or bowl. A drip deflector
shall be installed on each filler valve. All conveyors which deliver
sterile containers to bottling or packaging facilities shall be
afforded overhead protection from contamination. Pasteurized milk and
any milk product shall be conducted from one piece of equipment to
another only through sanitary piping.

33767. The floor shall be constructed of concrete or other
impervious material which is acceptable to the director. It shall be
so constructed as to be watertight and so sloped that all drainage
will flow to one or more points of drainage. The floors shall be
readily cleanable.

33768. Floor drains shall be provided which are properly trapped to
exclude odors and connected to a sewer line that will convey refuse
milk, water, and sewage away to a point at least 100 feet distant
from the milk products plant.

33769. No milk, its products, or any filth shall be allowed to
accumulate, ferment, or decay upon the floor or walls.

33770. No species of animal life other than man shall be permitted
in any building which is used in connection with any milk products
plant.

33771. No building which is used in connection with any milk
products plant shall be used for any purpose except the handling of
milk and milk products, equipment, apparatus, or containers of milk
or milk products.

33772. The water supply shall be properly located and constructed
so as to be easily accessible, adequately operated, and protected
against contamination. The bacterial quality shall conform to
standards of the State Board of Public Health for public supplies of
drinking water.

33773. A cesspool, privy vault, hog yard, slaughterhouse, manure,
or any decaying vegetable or animal matter shall not be so located as
to become a nuisance or to permit foul odors to reach such milk
products plant.

33774. All openings into any milk products plant shall be
effectively protected against flies and insects and doors shall be
self-closing.

33775. There shall be sufficient light in each room equivalent to
not less than one 50-watt electric light per 100 square feet of floor
area, reasonably and efficiently distributed. All rooms shall be
adequately ventilated.

33776. Tight, sound, and cleanable walls and ceilings shall be
provided. The walls shall be constructed of nonabsorbent material,
acceptable to the director, sufficiently above the floor to take care
of any splash and to prevent the flowing or seepage of water or
other fluids underneath or between the wall and the floor or
supporting members.

33777. A suitable toilet, with self-closing door, and lavatory
facilities, soap, and clean towels shall be provided for employees. A
toilet shall not communicate directly with any room which is used
for handling milk or its products or with any room which is used for
the washing, sterilizing, and storage of containers and supplies.

33778. The bodies or wearing apparel of persons who are employed or
come in contact with any milk or its products shall be kept clean
and shall be washed from time to time with reasonable frequency.

33779. (a) No person who is connected with, or employed in, a milk
products plant and liable to come in contact with milk or milk
products or the milk products plant operations, shall be afflicted
with any communicable disease or in a condition to disseminate the
germs of any communicable disease.
(b) The director, in addition to the authority granted by this
section and by Sections 33517, 35862, and 35892, shall require the
physical examination and testing of any dairy farm workers or milk
products plant employees when there is reasonable cause to believe a
worker or employee could be infected with a milk-borne disease.

33780. No equipment or apparatus shall be installed or maintained
in such manner so as to prevent thorough and adequate cleaning of
walls and floors.

33781. A room in which cheese and cheese products are cut, wrapped,
and packaged into individual consumer packages shall be maintained
in accordance with the sanitary requirements of this chapter.
However, foods which do not affect the flavor or quality of the
cheese and cheese products and are not maintained in accordance with
the sanitary requirements of this chapter may be handled in such a
room.

33782. All of the provisions of this chapter apply to any building
or structure in which any product resembling a milk product is
manufactured, processed, or compounded. However, food which does not
affect the flavor or quality of the products and which is not
maintained in accordance with the sanitary requirements of this
chapter may be handled in the building or structure.