TITLE IIOBLIGATIONS OF OPERATORS

CHAPTER IGeneral obligations

Section 2Registration and approval

Article 25General hygiene requirements

1

Operators shall ensure that establishments or plants under their control carrying out the activities referred to in Article 24(1)(a) and (h):

a

are constructed in a way permitting their effective cleaning and disinfection and where appropriate the construction of floors facilitates the draining of liquids;

b

have access to adequate facilities for personal hygiene such as lavatories, changing rooms and washbasins for staff;

c

have appropriate arrangements for protection against pests, such as insects, rodents and birds;

d

keep installations and equipment in good condition and ensure that measuring equipment is calibrated regularly; and

e

have appropriate arrangements for the cleaning and the disinfection of containers and vehicles in place to avoid risks of contamination.

2

Any person working in the establishment or plant referred to in paragraph 1 shall wear suitable, clean and, where necessary, protective clothing.

Where appropriate in a particular establishment or plant:

a

persons working in the unclean sector shall not enter the clean sector without first changing their work clothes and shoes or without having disinfected them;

b

equipment and machinery shall not be moved from the unclean to the clean sector without first being cleaned and disinfected; and

c

the operator shall establish a procedure relating to the movements of persons in order to monitor their movements and describe the correct use of footbaths and wheel baths.

3

In establishments or plants carrying out the activities referred to in Article 24(1)(a):

a

animal by-products shall be handled in such a way as to avoid risks of contamination;

b

animal by-products shall be processed as soon as possible. After processing, derived products shall be handled and stored in such a way as to avoid risks of contamination;

c

where appropriate, during any processing applied to animal by-products and derived products every part of the animal by-product and derived products shall be treated to a given temperature for a given period of time and risks of re-contamination shall be prevented;

d

the operators shall check regularly the applicable parameters, particularly temperature, pressure, time, size of particles, where appropriate by automatic devices;

e

cleaning procedures shall be established and documented for all parts of the establishments or plants.