Section 1110. CIP equipment  


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  • A. CIP equipment shall meet the characteristics specified under 12VAC5-421-1100 and shall be designed and constructed so that:

    1. Cleaning and sanitizing solutions circulate throughout a fixed system and contact all interior food-contact surfaces,Pf and

    2. The system is self-draining or capable of being completely drained of cleaning and sanitizing solutions.

    B. CIP equipment that is not designed to be disassembled for cleaning shall be designed with inspection access points to ensure that all interior food-contact surfaces throughout the fixed system are being effectively cleaned.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 18, Issue 10, eff. March 1, 2002; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. July 12, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§§ 35.1-11 and 35.1-14 of the Code of Virginia.