NAC584.2421. Rooms in which certified raw milk is handled.

     1. The floors of all rooms in which certified raw milk or products made from it are processed, handled or stored, or in which containers, equipment or utensils are washed, must be:

     (a) Constructed of tile or another equally impervious and easily cleaned material;

     (b) Smooth, properly sloped for drainage and provided with drains that have traps; and

     (c) Kept in good repair.

Ê Rooms used for cold storage of milk and milk products need not be provided with floor drains when the floors are sloped to drain liquids toward one or more exits. Rooms used for storing dry ingredients or packaging materials need not be provided with drains and the floors may be concrete.

     2. The walls and ceilings of such rooms must have a smooth, washable, light-colored surface which is kept in good repair.

     3. The outer doors of such rooms must be self-closing and screen doors must open outward. Air curtains may be used where practicable. Windows opening to the outside of the building must be screened. Openings to the outside of the building must be rodentproof.

     4. All rooms in which milk and products made from it are handled, processed or stored must be illuminated by a minimum of 50 foot-candles of light. The rooms must be adequately ventilated. Ventilation under pressure must have a flow of air of not less than 8 cubic feet per minute per square foot of floor space and the air must be filtered at the intake.

     [Bd. of Health, Raw Milk Reg. §§ 9.1-9.4, eff. 1-7-82]