1550 FOOD; GENERAL RULES

1550.1580 SANITATION OF BEVERAGE COOLERS. All coolers used for cooling carbonated or still beverages, including natural and mineral waters, carbonated, plain, or otherwise, and cereal beverages and beer, shall be kept clean and sanitary and shall be free of accumulation of labels…

1550.1590 GERMICIDAL TREATMENT. Germicidal treatment shall be applied to all beverage coolers periodically. Such germicidal treatment shall follow a thorough cleaning of the cooler, and shall consist of subjecting the entire cooler surface which comes in contact with beverage con…

1550.1600 DISPENSERS AND CONTAINERS. All carbonated or still beverages, except those which are offered for sale in sealed bottles, must be stored in closed dispensers or containers fitted with suitable faucets, spigots, or pumps. The use of open bowls is prohibited. It shall be u…

1550.1610 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.1620 BEVERAGE DISPENSER OR CONTAINER SIGN. A conspicuous sign shall be attached to a beverage dispenser or container and shall plainly declare the name of the beverage, artificial flavor, artificial color, and name and quantity of preservative and if labeled as fruitade or d…

1550.1630 NET CONTENTS DECLARATION. When crowns or caps attached to bottles, jars, jugs, cans, and other similar containers filled with carbonated or still beverages, bear a label required by the labeling laws and rules and where containers of various capacities are used for any …

1550.1640 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.1650 PLACES WHERE BEER AND OTHER MALT BEVERAGES ARE BOTTLED. All rooms and places where beer and other malt beverages are bottled shall be well lighted and kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times, shall be properly ventilated and provided with tight smooth walls …

1550.1660 AUTOMATIC FILLER. Bottles, cans, and other containers used for beer and other malt beverages must be filled with an automatic filler, and such container shall be capped or sealed with automatic equipment. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.10; 31.101 Published Electronically:…

1550.1670 STERILIZATION OF BOTTLES, CANS, AND OTHER CONTAINERS. Before being filled with beer and other malt beverages all bottles, cans, and other containers shall be sterilized by soaking for a period of not less than five minutes in a solution of not less than four percent of …

1550.1680 SIZE OF CONTAINER AND LABELING. No beer or malt beverage of any nature whatsoever shall be bottled in containers of less capacity than 64 fluid ounces (one-half gallon) unless the same shall be bottled at the place of the manufacturer. Each bottle must be properly label…

1550.1690 PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATION. Beer and other malt beverages shall be protected from contamination throughout the entire bottling process. All machinery, apparatus, and utensils used in the bottling of beer and other malt beverages shall be washed and cleaned daily by w…

1550.1700 SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE. The commissioner shall have the power to suspend or revoke any permit for failure to comply with the provisions of these and other dairy and food rules. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.10; 31.101 Published Electronically: September 23, …

1550.1710 APPLICABILITY. For the purposes of inspection, licensing, or registration by the commissioner of agriculture, parts 1550.1720 to 1550.1870 shall apply to the manufacturing, mixing, or compounding of flavored beverage bases or syrups, the bottling or packaging of carbona…

1550.1720 BUILDINGS AND PREMISES. Subpart 1. General. The plant surroundings shall be kept neat, clean, and free from conditions which might attract or harbor flies, other insects and rodents, or which otherwise constitute a nuisance. Subp. 2. Satisfactory compliance. Subpart 1 i…

1550.1730 FLOORS. Subpart 1. General. The floors of rooms where ingredients are handled, compounded, mixed, or processed, or where containers or equipment are washed shall be constructed of concrete or other equally impervious and easily cleaned material, shall be smooth, properl…

1550.1750 WALLS AND CEILINGS. Subpart 1. General. Walls and ceilings in the syrup room shall have a smooth, washable, light-colored surface, in good repair. Walls in container filling area shall have a smooth, washable, and light-colored surface up to the height reached by splash…

1550.1760 DOORS AND WINDOWS. Subpart 1. General. Effective means shall be provided to prevent entrance of flies into syrup room or container filling area. Exterior hinged doors as well as door into syrup room and toilet room shall be outward opening and self-closing. Windows shal…

1550.1770 LIGHTING AND VENTILATION. Subpart 1. General. All processing and storage areas shall be well lighted and ventilated. Subp. 2. Satisfactory compliance. This part is deemed to be satisfied when: A. Adequate light sources are provided (natural, artificial, or a combination…

1550.1780 TOILET AND LAVATORY FACILITIES. Subpart 1. General. Toilet rooms shall be completely enclosed and have tight fitting, self closing doors. Toilet and lavatory facilities and rooms shall be properly plumbed, kept in a clean condition, in good repair, and shall be well ven…

1550.1790 BOTTLE WASHING. Subpart 1. General. All returnable and soiled or contaminated one-trip bottles shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized immediately before filling by means of a suitable automatic mechanical washing and sanitizing machine. One-trip containers, such as b…

1550.1800 FILLING BOTTLES. Subpart 1. General. Beverage containers shall be filled and sealed in a sanitary manner. The operator or the operator's clothes shall not come in contact with any portion of the container or machinery which might result in contamination of the product. …

1550.1810 SYRUP AND BASE HANDLING EQUIPMENT. Subpart 1. General. Syrups and base shall be prepared in a sanitary manner. Every precaution shall be taken to prevent the contamination of syrups and base during the preparation and subsequent storage. Syrup tanks shall be constructed…

1550.1820 PACKAGING AND FILLING AREA. Subpart 1. General. The immediate area shall be properly constructed and used only for the purpose intended and not for storage of materials such as crowns, bottles, etc. The packaging and filling areas shall be kept in a clean, sanitary cond…

1550.1830 SYRUP ROOM. Subpart 1. General. Separate rooms shall be provided for the manufacturing, compounding, and mixing of syrups or base which rooms shall be properly constructed and separated from other areas of the plant by a solid wall construction. The room shall be mainta…

1550.1840 CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT. Subpart 1. General. All equipment, containers, and utensils used in the handling, processing, compounding, mixing, and storage of syrup, base, water, ingredients, and beverages shall be smooth, impervious, corrosion resistant, nonto…

1550.1850 CLEANING AND SANITIZING OF EQUIPMENT. Equipment and utensils used in handling, processing, storing, or transporting of beverages, including bulk tank transportation of potable water, or beverage ingredients shall be thoroughly cleaned after use and shall be subjected to…

1550.1860 WATER SUPPLY. Subpart 1. General. Water used for compounding flavored beverage base of syrups, bottling or packaging of water, or packaging carbonated or noncarbonated (still) beverages or used for processing, cleaning, rinsing operations, or filling, shall be from an a…

1550.1870 PERSONNEL. All employees shall thoroughly wash their hands before commencing plant functions and as often as may be required to remove soil and contamination. No employee shall resume work after visiting the toilet room without thoroughly washing her or his hands. Perso…

1550.1880 DEFINITIONS. Subpart 1. Commercial cannery. See Minnesota Statutes, section 31.31. Subp. 2. Case. The term "case," when used for assessment purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 31.39, shall mean 24 303 by 406 cans, (3-3/16 inches in diameter and 4-6/16 inches in h…

1550.1890 PREMISES. All grounds on which canning factories, warehouses, viners, and other buildings used are located must be properly graded to provide natural drainage, thus preventing accumulation of stagnant water and other material. No litter, waste, or refuse shall be allowe…

1550.1900 BUILDINGS. All factory buildings shall be well lighted and ventilated. Ground floors of all buildings shall be of concrete. Walls, ceilings, or other overhead coverings or parts thereof not finished in tile or other glazed material, shall be kept painted with a white pa…

1550.1910 BRINE OR SYRUP ROOM. Every factory using brine or syrup shall be equipped with a room known as a syrup or brine room in which all syrups and brines shall be mixed or compounded. Such brine or syrup room shall be separated from the other rooms of the factory and shall be…

1550.1920 SCREENS. The following rooms must be protected with suitable and proper screens for windows, doors, and openings; at corn canneries, cutting, silking, filling, and brine and (or) syrup rooms; at pea canneries, filling, inspection, and brine and (or) syrup rooms. Statuto…

1550.1930 SANITATION. All floors, walls, ceilings, tables, and other fixtures shall be maintained in such conditions that they may readily be made clean and sanitary. If not in such condition, they shall be promptly repaired and replaced. The floors of all rooms used for manufact…

1550.1940 CESSPOOL OR BLIND WELL. No cesspool or blind well of any kind shall be in or underneath the factory or located upon the premises in such a way as to become a nuisance. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.1950 BUILDING NEW FACTORY OR RECONSTRUCTING OLD FACTORY. When building of a new factory or the reconstruction of any old factory is contemplated, the commissioner shall be first notified, giving the place and location and for what purposes intended, that the commissioner may…

1550.1960 WATER SUPPLY. Adequate, safe, and easily accessible water supply must be provided for all purposes, including cleaning, cooling, washing, and drinking. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.1970 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT. All machinery, conveyors, picking tables, hoppers, and other equipment with which the uncanned product comes in contact must be so arranged as to be easily accessible for cleaning and shall be cleaned immediately after the close of each day's op…

1550.1980 CONDEMNATION OF MACHINE, EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSIL. On determining that any machine or other apparatus or equipment is inadequate for the manufacture of sanitary products or will endanger sanitary conditions in factory, the commissioner or the inspector in charge of canneri…

1550.1990 CANS AND CONTAINERS. Proper storage must be provided for cans and other containers. Cans and other containers must be properly cleaned immediately before being used. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.2000 VEGETABLES AND FRUITS FOR CANNING. Vegetables and fruits shall be washed before being canned, except cabbage, from which damaged or soiled leaves shall be removed. No decayed or damaged vegetables or fruits shall be used in canning. Sweet corn shall be considered unfit …

1550.2010 TOILETS. Separate toilets shall be provided for each sex. At least one toilet seat shall be provided for every 30 employees. The floors shall be tight and of such material that they can be washed and kept clean. The doors shall be made self-closing and shall be so arran…

1550.2020 PRIVIES AND OUTSIDE TOILETS. Privies or outside toilets shall not be permitted around a canning factory, but may be permitted only at vining stations, if sufficiently removed from the vining station to avoid being a nuisance and built tight above ground. They shall be p…

1550.2030 LAVATORIES. Adequate washing facilities shall be provided in or near every toilet room with separate facilities for each sex. They shall be provided with running hot and cold water, soap, and sanitary towels. Lavatory facilities shall be not less than one bowl with fauc…

1550.2040 BY-PRODUCTS. By-products to be used for ensilage, preferably should be put into silos, but if stacked in the open at factory, the ground on which the stacks are built shall be tiled so as to draw off all water and seepage to prevent soil pollution. Statutory Authority: …

1550.2050 PREVENTION OF CONTAMINATION. All products before being canned, shall be washed, sorted, trimmed, and inspected. This part shall not be construed so as to require the washing of cabbage for sauerkraut. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: Sep…