Final Text
CHAPTER 540
RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO CARBONATED AND STILL WATER BOTTLING PLANTS
AND BEVERAGES (REPEALED)
2VAC5-540-10. Facilities requirements. (Repealed.)
All buildings or rooms used for the preparation for sale,
manufacture, bottling, packing, storage, sale or distribution of any carbonated
or stillwater beverages shall be properly lighted, plumbed and ventilated and
conducted with due regard for the purity and wholesomeness of the products, and
for the health of all persons employed there. The floors in the processing and
bottling rooms must have a surface of concrete or other impervious material,
must be graded to drain properly, and flushed with water often enough to keep
them clean.
2VAC5-540-20. Sanitary requirement. (Repealed.)
All buildings where carbonated or still water beverages are
manufactured or bottled, shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times.
2VAC5-540-30. Syrup rooms. (Repealed.)
Rooms in which syrups, flavors, extracts, or other liquid
beverage ingredients are measured, mixed, or prepared, shall be separately enclosed,
and shall have automatically closing entrances and exits. The walls and ceiling
shall be smooth and constructed to be easily cleaned. The syrup room shall be
effectively ventilated (forced filtered air may be used) and adequately lighted
by natural or artificial light, and shall be provided with a sink and running
hot and cold water.
2VAC5-540-40. Equipment sanitation. (Repealed.)
All apparatus and vessels used in the manufacture or
bottling of carbonated or still water beverages shall be maintained in a sanitary
condition. All equipment except for storage tanks shall be washed at least once
every day when being used, followed by chlorine sterilization. Syrup shall be
cut off from the bottle-filled machine at the close of each day's work, and the
syrup thoroughly washed from the inside of the machine. No vessel shall be used
in mixing syrups, except for glass, or vessels that are lined with porcelain,
block tin, stainless steel, or some other suitable impervious material.
2VAC5-540-50. Infectious disease prohibition. (Repealed.)
No employer shall knowingly permit or require any person to
work in a carbonated or still water bottling or manufacturing plant who is
afflicted with any contagious or infectious disease, or with any skin disease.
2VAC5-540-60. Restroom requirements. (Repealed.)
Every place in which carbonated or still water beverages
are manufactured or prepared shall be provided with a toilet of sanitary construction
which is properly ventilated, screened, with self-closing doors; and a lavatory
with hot and cold running water, individual towels, and soap. This toilet shall
be separate from any room used for the manufacture or ingredient storage of
carbonated or still water beverages.
2VAC5-540-70. Container sanitization requirements. (Repealed.)
All bottles, jugs, cans, barrels, and containers used in the
packing, bottling, storage, distribution, and sale of carbonated and still
water beverages must be sterilized before using by one of the following
methods:
1. By sterilization with boiling water or live steam.
2. By soaking in a hot caustic solution that shall contain
not less than 3% alkali, of which not less than 60% is caustic (sodium
hydroxide) or its equivalent in cleansing or germicidal effectiveness, for a
period of not less than five minutes at a temperature of not less than 130°F,
and then rinsed in potable water until free from alkali or sodium hydroxide.
FORMS (2VAC5-540) (Repealed.)
Inspection Report, Form VDACS-06017.