Chapter 01 — Food and Beverage Sanitation

Adequate and convenient dressing rooms, lockers, commodes, urinals, lavatories, and showers shall be provided. Provision shall be made to furnish hot and cold running water, soap, and approved, sanitary towels; the common towel is prohibited. No employee shall resume work after u…

Equipment and utensils used for preparing, processing, and otherwise handling any meat or meat products shall be of such materials and so constructed as will permit them to be easily and thoroughly cleaned. Knife scabbards shall be metal and kept clean. Adequate and conveniently …

Rooms, compartments, places, equipment, and utensils used for preparing, storing, or otherwise handling any meat or meat product, and all other parts of the abattoir, shall be kept clean and sanitary. Operations and procedures involving the preparation, storing, or handling of an…

Butchers and others who dress or handle diseased carcasses or parts shall, before handling or dressing other carcasses or parts, cleanse their hands of grease, immerse them in a disinfectant of recognized and approved potency, and rinse them in clean water. Implements used in dre…

Aprons, frocks, -and other outer clothing worn by persons who handle meat or meat products shall be of washable material, and only clean garments shall be worn. History: Pub. Health Reg. 5, eff 23 Sep 64, § 15.

Such practices as spitting on whetstones, placing skewers or knives in the mouth, inflating lungs or casings, or testing with air from the mouth such receptacles as tierces, kegs, casks, and the like, containing or intended as containers of any meat or meat product, are prohibite…

Secondhand tubs, barrels, and boxes, intended for use as containers of meat or meat products, shall be inspected when received at the abattoir before they are cleaned. Those showing evidence of misuse rendering them unfit to serve as containers for food shall be rejected. The use…

The vehicles in which any meat or l11eat product is transported shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. Vehicles used in transferring loose meat and meat products shall be closed and refrigerated. Trucks used for the hauling of inedible products shall be conspicuously ma…

The rooms and compartments used for edible products shall be separate and distinct from those used for inedible products. All operating and storage rooms and departments of abattoirs used for inedible products shall be kept in acceptably clean condition. The outer premises of eve…

No person suffering from a communicable disease, or known to be, or suspected of being a carrier of a communicable disease or open and unprotected cuts or lesions, shall be employed in an abattoir or permitted to remain on the premises. Each employer shall have in his possession …

Equines owned or used by abattoirs on the premises shall be free of diseases communicable to man. History: Pub. Health Reg. 5, eff 23 Sep 64, § 21.

Sufficient refrigerator space shall be provided to conveniently accommodate the volume of business handled. The temperature of the refrigerator shall be so maintained as to prevent deterioration of the meat. Refrigerators shall be kept clean, sanitary, and free from objectionable…

It shall be the duty of the director of agriculture or his agents to make ante mortem and post mortem inspections of all carcasses. History: Pub. Health Reg. 5, eff 23 Sep 64, § 23.

None of the operations connected with an abattoir shall be conducted in any room used as living or sleeping quarters. Adequate lockers or dressing rooms shall be provided for employees’ clothing and shall be kept clean. Soiled linens, coats, and aprons shall be kept in containers…

Any person who violates this article is guilty of a class C misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced accordingly, as provided by 25.0110 ASCA. History: Pub. Health Reg. 5, eff 23 Sep 64, § 25.

The director of health may suspend or revoke the health permit issued to any abattoir upon violation by the. holder, or by a person in his employ or under his supervision or control, of any public health rule. Such suspension or revocation shall be subject to the same conditions …

The rules set out in this article are promulgated by the Department of Agriculture of the Government of the territory of American Samoa, in the interests of public health and safety, in order to allow the market place located in Fagatogo to best serve the needs of the farmers as …

(a) Allocation of stalls will be assigned on a “first paid, first serve ” basis. (b) No selling of produce is allowed until rental payment is made. (c) No seller will be allowed to sell any goods at the market until he has paid any and all previous debts for stall usage to the ap…

The rental rates for the market shall be as follows: (a) Stalls-all stalls shall rent for $2 per day /per stall. (b) Booths-all booths shall rent for $15 per week/per booth. (c) Fish booth-a fish booth shall rent for $2.50 per table/per fisherman. (d) Other market space-$1.50 per…

(a) No beer or other alcoholic beverages of any type may be consumed on the market premises at any time. (b) Other than authorized bingo games, no gambling is allowed on the market premises at any time. (c) No fighting or profane language shall be allowed on the market premises a…

The penalty for noncompliance of any portion of Sections 25.0176 through 25.0179 inclusive is sufficient cause for immediate eviction of an individual or organization from the market. History: Rule 6-84, eff 1 May 84. (part).