§ 590.136 - Accommodations and equipment to be furnished by facilities for use of inspection program personnel in performing service.

§ 590.136 Facilities Accommodations and equipment to be furnished by official plants facilities for use of inspectors inspection program personnel in performing service.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 85 FR 68673, Oct. 29, 2020.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 85 FR 68675, Oct. 29, 2020.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 85 FR 81340, Dec. 16, 2020.

(a) Such facilities and equipment shall include but not be limited to (a) Inspection program personnel office. Office space, including, but not limited to, furnishings, light, heat, and janitor service, will be provided without cost in the official plant for the use of inspection program personnel for official purposes. The room or space set apart for this purpose must meet the approval of the Food Safety and Inspection Service and be conveniently located, properly ventilated, and provided with lockers or file cabinets suitable for the protection and storage of supplies and with accommodations suitable for inspection program personnel to change clothing. At the discretion of the Administrator, small official plants requiring the services of less than one full-time inspector need not furnish accommodations for inspection program personnel as prescribed in this section where adequate accommodations exist in a nearby convenient location.

(b) Accommodations and equipment. Such accommodations and equipment must include, but not be limited to, a room or area suitable for sampling product

, and acceptable candling light, flashlight, heavy duty, high speed drill with an eleven sixteenths-inch or larger bit of sufficient length to reach the bottom of containers used for frozen eggs, metal stem thermometer(s), test thermometer(s), stop watch, test weighing scale(s) and test weight(s), test kit for determining the bactericidal strength of sanitizing solutions, and

and a stationary or adequately secured storage box or cage (capable of being locked only by

the inspector

inspection program personnel) for holding official samples.

(b) Furnished office space and equipment, including but not being limited to a desk (equipped with a satisfactory locking device), lockers or cabinets suitable for the protection and storage of supplies, and facilities suitable for inspectors to change clothing.

[36 FR 9814, May 28, 1971. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended at 60 FR 49169, Sept. 21, 1995[85 FR 68675, Oct. 29, 2020]