diversion valve of the HTST pasteurizer is not in the forward flow position. Condensers when used shall be equipped with a water level control and an automatic safety shutoff valve.
E 1.5 Personnel cleanliness. All employees shall wash their hands before beginning work and upon returning to work after using toilet facilities, eating, smoking, or otherwise soiling their hands. They shall keep their hands clean and follow good hygienic practices while on duty. Expectorating or use of tobacco in any form shall be prohibited in each room and compartment where any milk, dairy product, or supplies are prepared, stored, or otherwise handled. Clean white or light-colored washable outer garments and caps (paper caps or hair nets acceptable) shall be worn by all persons engaged in receiving, testing, processing milk, manufacturing, packaging, or handling dairy products.
E 1.6 Personnel health. No person afflicted with a communicable disease shall be permitted in any room or compartment where milk and dairy products are prepared, manufactured, or otherwise handled. No person who has a discharging or infected wound, sore or lesion on hands, arms, or other exposed portion of the body shall work in any dairy processing rooms or in any capacity resulting in contact with milk or dairy products. Each employee whose work brings him in contact with the processing or handling of dairy products, containers, or equipment shall have a medical and physical examination by a registered physician or by the local department of health at the time of employment. In addition, an employee returning to work following illness from a communicable disease shall have a certificate from the attending physician to establish proof of complete recovery. Medical certificates attesting the fact that the employee has been last examined was free from communicable disease shall be kept on file at the plant office.
E 1.7 Protection and transport of raw milk and cream.
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