2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 106-246. Cleanliness and sanitation required; washrooms and toilets, living and sleeping rooms; animals.

Article 26.

Inspection of Ice Cream Plants, Creameries, and Cheese Factories.

§ 106‑246.  Cleanliness and sanitation required; washrooms and toilets, living and sleeping rooms; animals.

For the protection of the health of the people of the State, all places where ice cream, milk shakes, milk sherbet, sherbet, water ices and other similar frozen or semifrozen food products are made for sale, all creameries, butter and cheese factories, when in operation, shall be kept clean and in a sanitary condition.  The floors, walls, and ceilings of all workrooms where the products of plants named herein are made, mixed, stored or handled shall be such that same can be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.  All windows, doors, and other openings shall be effectively screened during fly season.  Suitable washrooms shall be maintained, and if a toilet is attached, it shall be of sanitary construction and kept in a sanitary condition.  No person shall be allowed to live or sleep in such factory unless rooms so occupied are separate and apart from the work or storage rooms.  No horses, cows, or other animal shall be kept in such factories or close enough to contaminate products of same unless separated by impenetrable wall without doors, windows or other openings. (1921, c. 169, s. 1; C.S., s. 7251(a); 1933, c. 431, s. 1; 1959, c. 707, s. 1.)