Or. Admin. Code § 603-021-0715 - Construction and Repair of Equipment
(1) All equipment, containers, and utensils
used in the handling, processing, compounding, mixing, storage, or transporting
of beverages or beverage ingredients shall be smooth, impervious, corrosion
resistant, nontoxic, and in good repair and shall be constructed to permit
adequate sanitation. Effective protection from contamination shall be
maintained. Product-contact surfaces shall be self-draining. Equipment shall be
free of sharp internal corners. Welded or soldered areas shall be smooth and
similar to the parent metal. All joints shall be flush. Piping shall be of
sanitary design and installation. All temperature-control equipment and control
devices used on bottle washers shall be accurate and adequately maintained. The
bottle washer shall be equipped with an indicating thermometer to record the
temperature of the caustic wash solution. It shall be placed so as to be
conveniently visible to the operator at all times.
(2) If the washing, filling, and crowning
devices are not integral parts of one machine, but are performed by separate
units of equipment, they shall be arranged to exclude manual contact with the
necks or tops of the bottles between filling and crowning.
(3) Mixing and storage tanks, pipelines,
filters, and other apparatus employed in the preparation and distribution of
sirups shall be of sanitary construction and made of stainless steel or similar
materials resistant to the action of sirup ingredients. All apparatus employed
in sirup-making shall be free from recesses and so constructed that all parts
may be easily sanitized. All permanent in place sirup lines shall be sloped to
drain. All sirup tanks shall be self-draining and provided with suitable
covers. Mixing shall be by mechanical means performed so as to prevent
contamination of the sirup.
(4)
Carbonated water shall not be conveyed in pipelines of galvanized iron, lead,
zinc, copper, or other deleterious materials.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 561.190 & ORS 635.045
Stats. Implemented: ORS 635.045
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