Section 90. Sanitation requirements for a milk tank truck cleaning facility

Each person that operates a milk tank truck cleaning facility shall:

1. Provide floors constructed of concrete or equally impervious material that are easily cleanable, smooth, properly sloped, and provided with trapped floor drains and kept in good repair;

2. Provide walls and ceilings with a smooth, washable, light-colored surface and kept in good repair;

3. Provide effective means to prevent the access of flies and rodents;

4. Provide solid doors or glazed windows for each opening to the outside and keep the doors and windows closed during dusty weather;

5. Provide lighting of at least 20 foot-candles measured in all work areas;

6. Provide ventilation sufficient to prevent condensation and odors;

7. Provide a toilet room fitted with tightly-fitting self-closing doors, kept clean and in good repair, well-ventilated and lighted and that does not open directly into any room in which milk or milk products are processed or milk product contact-surfaces, utensils and equipment are washed;

8. Dispose of all sewage and other wastes in a sanitary manner;

9. Provide hot and cold running water from a supply that is properly located, protected, and operated, and shall be easily accessible, adequate, and of a safe and sanitary quality;

10. Provide hand-washing facilities with hot and cold running water, soap, and individual sanitary towels or other approved hand-drying devices and keep the hand-washing facilities clean and in good repair;

11. Provide and maintain an effective insect and rodent control program and shall keep the milk tank truck cleaning facility neat and clean;

12. Provide only sanitary piping, fittings, and connections that are constructed to be smooth, impervious, corrosion-resistant, nontoxic, easily cleanable, and manufactured from material that is approved for food contact surfaces;

13. Provide and use only stainless steel piping complying with the Iron and Steel Society's Steel Products Manual: Stainless Steels, dated March 1999;

14. Provide only sanitary piping, fittings, and connections that are in good repair and constructed for ease of cleaning;

15. Provide and use only plastic, rubber, or rubber-like materials made from approved food contact-grade materials that are relatively inert and resistant to scratching, scoring, and damage from cleaning compounds;

16. Clean and sanitize before each use the product-contact surfaces of utensils and equipment used in the transportation of any milk or food;

17. Attach a wash tag to the outlet valve of the tanker showing the date, time, place, and signature of the employee who washed the bulk milk pickup tanker or milk transport tank after the milk tank truck has been cleaned and sanitized;

18. Store and transport all clean and sanitized utensils and equipment to assure complete draining and protection from contamination before use;

19. Store all single-service containers, utensils, and materials in a sanitary manner in a clean dry place until used;

20. Store, handle, and use poisonous or toxic materials to preclude the contamination of any milk product contact-surfaces of equipment and utensils;

21. Ensure that employees wash their hands thoroughly before commencing cleaning functions and as may be required to remove soil and contamination;

22. Allow an employee to resume work after visiting the toilet room only after that employee has thoroughly washed his hands;

23. Ensure that each employee engaged in the handling of milk product contact-surfaces, equipment, and utensils wears clean outer garments, adequate hair covering, and refrains from using any tobacco products; and

24. Keep the surroundings of the milk tank truck cleaning facility neat, clean, and free from conditions that may attract flies, insects, or rodents.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 21, Issue 08, eff. January 26, 2005; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 23, eff. August 25, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§§ 3.2-5206, 3.2-5223, and 3.2-5224 of the Code of Virginia.