Or. Admin. Code § 603-021-0720 - Processing Methods
(1) General
sanitation: The operations of receiving, segregating, holding, compounding,
mixing, packaging and packing, storing, transporting, and handling shall be
conducted in a sanitary manner. There shall be no contamination, adulteration,
or deterioration of the product or its ingredients. Every plant manu-facturing
bottled beverages shall be equipped with suitable mechanical bottle washing
apparatus, and with approved machines for carbonating, filling, and crowning.
Plant operations shall be performed in such a manner as to prevent the operator
or his clothing from coming in contact with the beverages or sanitized
product-contact surfaces.
(2)
Bottle washing: Reusable glass containers used in the manufacture of soft
drinks shall, before being refilled, be sanitized by being washed in an
automatic washing machine. An indicating thermometer and caustic solution test
equipment shall be used to ascertain the temperature and caustic strength of
the washing solution.The washing solution shall consist of at least 3 percent
caustic soda with a minimum contact period of 5 minutes and a temperature of
130 degrees F. or an equivalent cleansing and sanitizing process. The bottles
shall be rinsed free of washing solution with potable water. Single-service
containers may be sanitized by air or water rinsing machines. One trip (single
service) containers, such as bottles and cans, may be washed in a mechanical
bottle washer, air or water rinsed. One trip containers that are not washed,
air or water rinsed shall be stored in such manner as to protect such
containers from airborne and manual contamination.
(3) Preparation of sirups: Sirups shall be
prepared in a sanitary manner. Every precaution shall be taken against
contamination, absorption, or deleterious substances during the preparation and
subsequent storage. Sirup tanks and vats shall be covered and constructed of
stainless steel or other suitable noncorrosive material. The tanks shall be
free from defects, self-draining, free from seams, and shall be of such
construction as to be readily flushed, cleaned, and sanitized. Galvanized iron,
lead, zinc, copper, or brass-lined containers, pipelines, or apparatus of other
deleterious materials shall not be used in preparation, storage, or conveyance
of sirups. The sirup room shall be equipped with a wash sink and plumbed with a
drain and hot and cold running water.
(4) Filling and crowning: Bottles shall be
filled and capped by means of automatic machinery, and neither the operator nor
his clothes shall come in contact with any part of the bottle or machinery that
might result in contamination of the product. Removal of the crown of
imperfectly crowned bottles and recrowning shall not be permitted. Crowns which
have been touched on the inner side by the operator, as may occur while
adjusting the crowner, shall be discarded. Returnable bottles shall be
inspected for any abnormal condition immediately before or after being
filled.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 561.190 & ORS 635.045
Stats. Implemented: ORS 635.045
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