§ 381.56 - Maintenance of sanitary conditions and precautions against contamination of poultry products; PCB-containing equipment.

(a) The premises of the official establishment shall be kept free from refuse, waste materials, and all other sources of odors and conditions that may result in adulteration of the poultry products handled at the establishment.

(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.