Rule 40-7-20-.08. Reporting Requirements for Fresh Sprouts Processing Facilities

1. (1) Whenever any person or firm operating a Fresh Sprouts Processing Facility in this state obtains information of a positive test result that indicates the presence of a poisonous or deleterious substance, either from testing of environmental, in-process product, finished product, or spent sprout irrigation water; such person or firm must report such test result(s) to the Department within 24 hours after obtaining such result.

   1. (a) The person or firm that operates a Fresh Sprouts Processing Facility will be required to report the positive findings regardless if the product was not distributed or the problem was corrected.
   2. (b) A presumptive positive test result or test result requiring further typing or numeration must be carried out through additional testing utilizing the same sample that yielded the presumptive to obtain a final result.
2. (2) Firms reporting positive products will be placed on an accelerated sampling program as determined by the Department.
3. (3) Records of the results of any tests required pursuant to the section must be kept by a Fresh Sprout Processing Facility and made available to the Department for inspection for a period of not less than two years from the date the results were reported by the laboratory.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 26-2-34, 26-2-441.

History. Original Rule entitled "Reporting Requirements for Fresh Sprouts Processing Facilities" adopted. F. Apr. 25, 2019; eff. May 15, 2019.