Multiple-Use Plastic Materials Used as Product Contact Surfaces for Dairy Equipment, Number 20-##" and if it remains sufficiently clear that the interior surfaces can be properly inspected. Short lengths of flexible plastic tubing (8 feet or less) may be inspected for cleanliness by sight or by use of a "rod". The transparency or opacity of such tubing under this condition is not a factor in determining cleanliness.

  1. 14. AMIs shall comply with all applicable Grade “A” PMO requirements and/or 3-A Standards.

NOTE: 3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practices for dairy equipment are developed by 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. (3-A SSI). 3-A SSI is comprised of equipment fabricators, processors, and regulatory sanitarians, which include: State milk regulatory officials, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Dairy Programs, the USPHS/FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Milk Safety Team (MST), academic representatives and others.

Equipment manufactured in conformity with 3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practices complies with the sanitary design and construction standards of this Ordinance. For equipment not displaying the 3-A Symbol, the 3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practices may be used by Regulatory Agencies as guidance in determining compliance with this Section.

ITEM 10r. UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT – CLEANING

The product-contact surfaces of all multi-use containers, equipment and utensils used in the handling, storage or transportation of milk shall be cleaned after each usage.

PUBLIC HEALTH REASON

Milk cannot be kept clean or free of contamination if permitted to come into contact with unclean containers, utensils or equipment.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

This Item is deemed to be satisfied when:

  1. There shall be a separate wash manifold for all CIP cleaned milk pipelines in all new or extensively remodeled facilities.
  2. The product-contact surface of all multi-use containers, equipment and utensils used in the handling, storage or transportation of milk are cleaned after each milking or once every twenty-four (24) hours for continuous operations.
  3. There shall not be any partial removal of milk from milk storage/holding tanks by the bulk milk hauler/sampler, except partial pickups may be permitted when the milk storage/holding tank is equipped with a seven (7) day recording device complying with Appendix H., IV. Temperature-Recording Devices Used in Storage Tanks of this Ordinance, or other recording device acceptable to the Regulatory Agency, provided the milk storage/holding tank shall be clean and sanitized when empty and shall be emptied at least every seventy-two (72) hours. Electronic records that comply with Appendix H. of this Ordinance, IV. Temperature-Recording Devices Used in Storage Tanks and V., Criteria 4, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12, with or without hard copy, may be used in place of temperature-recording records. In the absence of a temperature-recording device, partial pickups may be permitted as long as the milk storage/holding tank is completely empty, clean and sanitized prior to the next milking. In the event of an emergency