Summary
If your specific food processing machine or operation is not listed here, then follow any facilities requirements in this section along with the "Requirements for all machines" found in this chapter, WAC
296-806-200 and
296-806-300.
This section applies to:
(1) All businesses that manufacture or process food, whether or not they are contained inside food stores; and
(2) The design, installation, operations, and maintenance of machinery and equipment used in the food processing industry.
Your responsibility:
To protect employees from hazards associated with food processing facilities and machines.
FACILITIES
You must meet the requirements… | in this section: |
Provide locks on chamber doors of large air conditioning units | |
Use proper door locks on rack-type bread coolers | |
Provide see-through panels on fermentation room doors | |
Cover exposed hot pipes | |
Provide extension piping on stationary lubrication fittings | |
Provide hoods for pan-washing tanks | |
Safeguard proof boxes | |
Safeguard storage bins | |
[Statutory Authority: RCW
49.17.010,
49.17.040,
49.17.050,
49.17.060. WSR 15-24-102, § 296-806-425, filed 12/1/15, effective 1/5/16; WSR 04-14-028, § 296-806-425, filed 6/29/04, effective 1/1/05.]