2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-201. Additional requirements.
Sec. 22-201. Additional requirements. All milk plant equipment shall be constructed of stainless steel or other material approved by the commissioner and shall be
of sanitary construction. All equipment shall be so arranged as to be easily opened or
taken apart for cleaning after each use. The commissioner may allow pasteurizing plant
apparatus and equipment to be cleaned in place rather than disassembled. In such cases,
the commissioner shall require the pasteurizing plant permittee to furnish a complete
description of the apparatus and equipment to be washed and sanitized in each cleaned-in-place circuit and the explicit methods to be employed. Cleaning in place of pasteurizing plant equipment shall not be done without the approval of the commissioner. Water
and steam pipes shall be kept clean and free from dirt and loose rust. Surface coolers,
unless located in a room used only for cooling milk, shall be protected by suitable metal
or glass covers. Caps for bottles shall be secured in sterilized containers and be protected
from contamination until used, unless milk is pasteurized in bottles. The apparatus or
device used in bottling milk or capping milk bottles shall be so constructed that the milk
and caps used in the process will not come in contact with human hands. Such apparatus
or device shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner. The building in which
milk is handled and the surrounding premises shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary
condition. Suitable facilities shall be provided for washing, sanitizing and storing all
apparatus, bottles, cans and utensils, and they shall be cleaned and sanitized immediately
after use. All pasteurizing apparatus shall be resanitized immediately before the pasteurizing process is commenced. All persons while handling milk shall wear clean, washable
outer garments. The use of tobacco and spitting are prohibited in any part of the pasteurizing plant.
History: 1961 act substituted references to sanitizing for references to sterilizing, replaced specific listing of equipment with general reference to "milk plant equipment", deleted provision allowing its construction to be of "tinned copper", deleted provision specifically requiring smoothly fitting metal covers and smoothly soldered angle joints and deleted provision prohibiting reassembly of equipment until needed again for pasteurization process; 1967 act deleted provision prohibiting use of "tightly closed elbow joints".
