§ 308.5 - Equipment and utensils to be easily cleaned; those for inedible products to be so marked; PCB-containing equipment.

(a) Equipment and utensils used for preparing or otherwise handling any edible product or ingredient thereof in any official establishment shall be of such material and construction as will facilitate their thorough cleaning and insure cleanliness in the preparation and handling of all edible products and otherwise avoid adulteration and misbranding of such products. In addition to these requirements, equipment and utensils shall not in any way interfere with or impede inspection procedures. Receptacles used for handling inedible material shall be of such material and construction that their use will not result in adulteration of any edible product or in insanitary conditions at the establishment, and they shall bear conspicuous and distinctive marking to identify them as only for such use and shall not be used for handling any edible product.

(b) New or replacement equipment or machinery (including any replacement parts) brought onto the premises of any official establishment shall not contain liquid polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in concentrations above 50 parts per million by weight of the liquid medium. This provision applies to both food processing and nonfood processing equipment and machinery, and any replacement parts for such equipment and machinery. Totally enclosed capacitors containing less than 3 pounds of PCBs are exempted from this prohibition.