Current through 2024-44, October 30, 2024
Section 001-347-4 - Equipment and UtensilsA. Equipment and utensils shall be adequate for their intended use.B. Equipment shall be designed to prevent food contamination and shall be made of durable, non-porous and easily cleanable material. Evaporator pans, buckets, tanks and other food processing equipment shall not be made with solder consisting of lead in any quantity.C. Light bulbs, fixtures, or other glass suspended over exposed food, food areas utilized in any step of preparation and in storage areas for food packaging containers, shall be of the shatter proof type, shielded or otherwise protected to prevent food contamination in case of breakage.D. Equipment shall be kept in a clean, sanitary condition at all times and free from rust so as not to pose a risk of product contamination.E. Only new containers shall be used for bottling finished product. Caps shall be of the tamper evident type.01-001 C.M.R. ch. 347, § 4