Section ATCP 87.28 - Personnel standards in food processing plant facilities used solely for concentration of maple sap(1) GENERAL. Personnel, in a licensed food processing plant facility used solely for concentration of maple sap to produce maple syrup and shelf-stable concentrated maple sap, shall meet the requirements of this section.(2) CLEANLINESS. Persons engaged in concentrating maple sap shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness, and shall observe good hygienic practices during all working periods. Persons engaged in concentrating maple sap shall wash their hands before beginning work and upon returning to work after using toilet facilities, eating, smoking, or engaging in other activities that may contaminate the hands.(3) EMPLOYEE HEALTH. No person who, by medical examination or supervisory observation, has, or is reasonably suspected of having, any of the following conditions may work in a food processing facility used solely for concentration of maple sap, in any capacity that may result in the contamination of food, or in the contamination of equipment or utensils used to process or handle food: (a) A reportable communicable disease.(b) Any symptom of an acute gastrointestinal illness.(c) A discharging or open wound, sore, or lesion on the hands, arms or other exposed portions of the body.(4) CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES, AND USE OF TOBACCO. No person may consume food or beverages or use tobacco in any licensed food processing plant facility used solely for concentration of maple sap or in any area where food processing equipment or utensils are cleaned or stored, except in designated areas which are separated from the processing area. This subsection does not prohibit a sanitary drinking water fountain in a processing, storage, or packaging area.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ATCP 87.28
Adopted by, EmR 1704: emerg. cr., eff. 3-7-17; CR 16-044: cr. Register May 2017 No. 737, eff. 6-1-17; correction in (3) (c) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2017 No. 737, eff. 6/1/2017