NAC585.740. Equipment.  


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  •      1. A licensee shall maintain in a clean and orderly condition all equipment used in the manufacturing, processing, packaging, labeling, holding, testing or controlling of cosmetics. The equipment must be of a suitable design, size, construction and location to facilitate cleaning, maintenance and operation for its intended purpose.

         2. Any equipment must:

         (a) Be constructed so that all surfaces which come into contact with a cosmetic are not reactive, additive or absorptive in a way which alters the safety, quality or purity of the cosmetic;

         (b) Be constructed and installed to facilitate adjustment, disassembly, cleaning and maintenance and to ensure uniformity of production and the exclusion from the cosmetics of contaminants from previous and current operations that might affect the safety and quality of the cosmetics; and

         (c) Be of a suitable type, size and accuracy for any testing, measuring, mixing, weighing or other processing or storage.

     [Comm’r of Food & Drugs, Cosmetics § 10, eff. 12-16-82]