[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR110.37]
[Page 224-225]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 110 CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE IN MANUFACTURING, PACKING, OR
Subpart B Buildings and Facilities
Sec. 110.37 Sanitary facilities and controls.
Each plant shall be equipped with adequate sanitary facilities and
accommodations including, but not limited to:
(a) Water supply. The water supply shall be sufficient for the
operations intended and shall be derived from an adequate source. Any
water that contacts food or food-contact surfaces shall be safe and of
adequate sanitary quality. Running water at a suitable temperature, and
under pressure as needed, shall be provided in all areas where required
for the processing of food, for the cleaning of equipment, utensils, and
food-packaging materials, or for employee sanitary facilities.
(b) Plumbing. Plumbing shall be of adequate size and design and
adequately installed and maintained to:
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(1) Carry sufficient quantities of water to required locations
throughout the plant.
(2) Properly convey sewage and liquid disposable waste from the
plant.
(3) Avoid constituting a source of contamination to food, water
supplies, equipment, or utensils or creating an unsanitary condition.
(4) Provide adequate floor drainage in all areas where floors are
subject to flooding-type cleaning or where normal operations release or
discharge water or other liquid waste on the floor.
(5) Provide that there is not backflow from, or cross-connection
between, piping systems that discharge waste water or sewage and piping
systems that carry water for food or food manufacturing.
(c) Sewage disposal. Sewage disposal shall be made into an adequate
sewerage system or disposed of through other adequate means.
(d) Toilet facilities. Each plant shall provide its employees with
adequate, readily accessible toilet facilities. Compliance with this
requirement may be accomplished by:
(1) Maintaining the facilities in a sanitary condition.
(2) Keeping the facilities in good repair at all times.
(3) Providing self-closing doors.
(4) Providing doors that do not open into areas where food is
exposed to airborne contamination, except where alternate means have
been taken to protect against such contamination (such as double doors
or positive air-flow systems).
(e) Hand-washing facilities. Hand-washing facilities shall be
adequate and convenient and be furnished with running water at a
suitable temperature. Compliance with this requirement may be
accomplished by providing:
(1) Hand-washing and, where appropriate, hand-sanitizing facilities
at each location in the plant where good sanitary practices require
employees to wash and/or sanitize their hands.
(2) Effective hand-cleaning and sanitizing preparations.
(3) Sanitary towel service or suitable drying devices.
(4) Devices or fixtures, such as water control valves, so designed
and constructed to protect against recontamination of clean, sanitized
hands.
(5) Readily understandable signs directing employees handling
unproteced food, unprotected food-packaging materials, of food-contact
surfaces to wash and, where appropriate, sanitize their hands before
they start work, after each absence from post of duty, and when their
hands may have become soiled or contaminated. These signs may be posted
in the processing room(s) and in all other areas where employees may
handle such food, materials, or surfaces.
(6) Refuse receptacles that are constructed and maintained in a
manner that protects against contamination of food.
(f) Rubbish and offal disposal. Rubbish and any offal shall be so
conveyed, stored, and disposed of as to minimize the development of
odor, minimize the potential for the waste becoming an attractant and
harborage or breeding place for pests, and protect against contamination
of food, food-contact surfaces, water supplies, and ground surfaces.
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