Ariz. Admin. Code § 3-10-1607

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R3-10-1607 - Significant Violation

The following is a nonexclusive list of practices, conditions or situations on a farm that, if corrective action is not taken, are reasonably likely to increase the risk of contamination to covered produce. A regulated person shall not:

1. Use measures that fail to prevent contamination of covered produce and food contact surfaces with undesirable microorganisms of public health significance from a person with an applicable health condition;

2. Allow the use of improper hygienic practices by personnel who handle or contact covered produce or food contact surfaces;

3. Use untreated, improperly treated or contaminated biological soil amendments of animal origin;

4. Allow the harvest of covered produce that is reasonably likely to be contaminated with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards as the result of an animal intrusion;

5. Clean equipment and tools in a manner that fails to protect covered produce from being contaminated with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards;

6. Dispose of waste from toilet facilities, in a manner that fails to protect covered produce, food contact surfaces, agricultural water sources, or agricultural water distribution systems from being contaminated with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards;

7. Improperly manage grazing animals, working animals and domestic animals on areas where covered activities occur; or

8. Improperly dispose of sewage or improperly control sewage in a manner that fails to protect covered produce, food contact surfaces, agricultural water sources, or agricultural water distribution systems from being contaminated with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-10-1607

Adopted by final exempt rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 682, effective 8/20/2019.