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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.15.01.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="01" heading="Equipment.">
  <text>The person-in-charge shall ensure that:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Processing equipment used to heat or cool food in hermetically sealed containers is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Designed to provide even and adequate processing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provided adequate instrumentation and recording devices to allow process control, monitoring, and verification;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Durable and impervious to water;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Maintained in a sanitary and working condition;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Monitored to verify that process requirements are met; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Calibrated according to a schedule approved by the Department;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Food equipment other than that used for heating and cooling food in hermetically sealed containers is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Non-toxic and does not impart any toxic or deleterious matter to the food;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Corrosion resistant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Durable;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Impervious; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Smooth and easily cleanable;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Non-food contact equipment that receives splash or waste is smooth and easily cleanable; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Steam that might contact food is culinary grade steam.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>