- (a) All utensils and equipment, used in the manufacturing or handling of frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix, shall be of a design capable of being readily taken apart for the washing of all parts with which frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix come in contact. Welded pipe lines with smooth surface joints and other cleaning-in-place installations, which have been approved by the commissioner, are excepted. Approval for cleaning-in-place installations shall be granted only after request has been received in writing by the commissioner. Frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix utensils shall be of smooth, nonabsorbent, stainless steel or equally corrosion-resistant material and shall have flush seams. No utensils which are badly worn, rusted or corroded or which cannot be rendered clean and sanitary by washing shall be used.
- (b) Sanitary piping, connections, fittings and joints shall be of such diameter and so designed as to permit easy cleaning with a brush. One-inch sanitary piping may be used in lengths not exceeding six feet.
- (c) Work benches used in the manufacturing or processing of frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix shall be metal, so constructed that they can be kept in clean, sanitary condition.
- (d) Batch type pasteurizers shall be equipped with flush, leak-protector valves.
- (e) Surface coolers shall be equipped with covers unless the cooler is in a separate room used exclusively for cooling.
- (f) All strainers shall be of perforated metal.
(Effective July 27, 1984)