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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 10.15.08.15" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="08" heading="Physical Plant Requirements for Plants.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Water used at a farmstead cheese facility shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be obtained from a potable water supply system that complies with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Environment Article, Title 9, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>COMAR 26.04.04; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, Appendix D, incorporated by reference in Regulation .03 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be installed in a manner that prevents backflow or back siphoning;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be separate from a nonpotable water supply system so that nonpotable water can be drawn or discharged into the potable water supply system;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Provide hot and cold running water in an area where milk processing equipment is washed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Have sufficient water capacity, pressure, and hot water generation and distribution to meet peak demands throughout the washing system;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Hand sinks shall have:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Hot and cold running water; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Warm running water;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A supply of hand cleaning soap or detergent; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A sanitary means of drying hands, such as individual towels or a hand drying device;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A sewage system shall be constructed and operated in conformance with applicable State and local laws, ordinances, and regulations;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Plumbing shall be sized, installed, and maintained in accordance with applicable State and local plumbing laws, ordinances, and regulations; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Electrical systems at the facility shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Comply with State and local electrical laws, ordinances, and regulations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide adequate lighting sources that furnish at least 30 foot candles of light in all working areas and rooms where:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Milk or a milk product is handled, processed, packaged, or stored; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A container, utensil, and equipment are washed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Provide adequate lighting sources that furnish at least five foot candles of light in dry storage and cold storage rooms.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>