(a) The number of
toilets and associated handwash sinks in a land-based facility must comply with
the state plumbing code as required by
18 AAC 34.075. The number of
toilets on a mobile processing vessel must comply with the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration's general environmental controls in
29 C.F.R.
1910.141(c)(1)(i) and Table
J-1, adopted by reference in
18 AAC 34.010. Toilet rooms must
be conveniently located for employee use and furnished with toilet tissue.
Toilet rooms must have an adequate number of handwash sinks with hot and cold
running water, and must be furnished with sanitary hand towels or another
drying device. Each toilet and handwash sink must be kept in a sanitary
condition and in good repair.
(b)
The door to a toilet room must be self-closing and may not open directly into a
processing, storage, or other area containing seafood products, food
ingredients, food-contact surfaces, or packaging materials unless means have
been taken to prevent airborne contamination, including a double door or
installation of an exhaust system that vents air from the toilet room to the
outside of the facility.
(c) A sign
must be posted in each toilet room directing employees to wash their hands with
soap or detergent before returning to work stations. The signs must be printed
in English and in other languages or pictures if necessary for employee
understanding.
(d) The department
will allow a land-based facility to have portable toilets or privies if
(1) due to lack of soil, the existence of
permanently frozen ground, or other geological conditions, the land-based
facility is unable to install a septic system;
(2) the department finds that public health
is protected;
(3) each toilet and
privy meets the applicable requirements of 18 AAC 72;
(4) each toilet and privy is conveniently
located for employee use;
(5) each
toilet and privy is maintained in a sanitary manner and toilet tissue is
provided;
(6) a handwash sink,
soap, and towels are located at the entrance to the processing area;
and
(7) handwash signs described in
(c) of this section are posted at each toilet or privy and at the entrance to
the processing area.
(e)
A facility that is under construction or is being extensively remodeled on
December 18, 1997, or that is built or extensively remodeled after December 18,
1997, must have handwash sinks in or immediately adjacent to processing areas.
A facility in existence on December 18, 1997, that operates at any time on or
after that date is, until extensively remodeled, not required to install
handwash sinks on the processing areas, but must provide hand sanitizers in the
processing areas. A processor may meet the hand sanitizer requirement of this
subsection by having in the processing areas hand sanitizers containing a
sanitizing solution that complies with the manufacturer's instructions for hand
sanitizers or that meets the concentration levels described in
18 AAC 34.070(b) (2)(A), (b)(2)(B), or
(b)(2)(C).
(f) A handwash sink required under this
section must have hot and cold water under pressure. Hot water must be supplied
at a temperature of 109º - 120º Fahrenheit. Self-dispensing or
metering faucets must provide a flow of water for at least 20 seconds.
Hand-cleaning soap or detergent must be provided at each sink. Towel service or
drying devices are not required for sinks in a processing area. If towels are
provided, towel disposal containers must be provided.
