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. Any person or entity who manufactures, transports, stores,
or sells ice shall comply with all of the following:
(a) A room in which ice is manufactured shall be used for no other
purpose than the manufacture of ice and the production of
refrigeration, and may contain refrigeration equipment and machinery.
This subdivision shall not apply to any food facility as defined in
Section 113785.
(b) Ice storage or processing areas shall be maintained in a clean
and sanitary condition and no noxious or offensive odors, smoking,
or other air pollution shall be permitted therein.
(c) Cover tops for tank cans shall have a smooth, painted, or
treated surface, and shall be cleaned daily. Water used for cleaning
shall not be permitted to drip into freezing cans. Only potable water
shall be used in sprays and in the thaw tanks for the removal of ice
from cans. Water coverage tanks shall be covered and provided with
filtered vents.
(d) Crushed, cubed, or shaved ice, intended for human consumption,
shall be stored in a manner that prevents its pollution or
contamination.
(e) Soil, waste, or drain pipes shall not be installed or
maintained above any ice platform, loading space, ice container, ice
storage room, dip tank or any place where leakage from the pipes may
drop into, or upon any ice or upon any area or equipment used in the
manufacture of ice, unless a safety device shall be installed under
the pipes drained to an open receptacle or drain so as to prevent
pollution of ice, water, or equipment used in the manufacture of the
ice.
(f) Block ice-loading platforms shall be washed with water as
often as necessary to keep them in a clean and sanitary condition,
but not less than once each day.
(g) Block ice pullers and block ice storage-room employees shall
wear rubber overshoes while on duty. The rubber overshoes shall be
removed when the employee leaves the storage or tank room, except
that if the rubber overshoes are not removed, they shall be cleaned
and disinfected before reentering the storage or tank room. The use
of street shoes without rubber overshoes in these areas is
prohibited.
(h) All frozen unpackaged ice blocks intended for sale for human
consumption or for the refrigeration of food products shall be washed
thoroughly with potable water. Ice manufactured for industrial
purposes need not be washed prior to shipping but shall be handled
and stored separately from ice intended for human consumption.
(i) Ice shall be handled only with clean tongs, ice-carrying bags,
scoops, or other sanitary containers, and shall not be directly
handled with bare hands.
(j) Single service supplies shall be stored, dispensed, and
handled in a sanitary manner and shall be used only once.
(k) Persons not directly involved in the manufacture, processing,
packaging, or storing of ice, in the maintenance of facilities and
equipment used therefore, or in the management, supervision, or
inspection thereof, shall not be permitted in any area where ice is
manufactured, processed, packaged, or stored, unless personal
cleanliness and hygienic practices are taken to prevent contamination
of the product. These areas shall have signs posted to this effect.
( l) Bacteriological tests of the finished ice shall be conducted
not less than biannually, chemical and physical tests annually, and
radiological tests every four years, to insure that ice manufactured
for human consumption or for the refrigeration of food products
complies with the primary drinking water standards adopted by the
department pursuant to Section 116365.
(m) No ice produced out of state shall be sold or distributed
within this state unless it complies with this article.