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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 14.17.11.10" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="11" heading="Edible Cannabis Product Processing — Equipment.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>General Requirements.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The permittee shall prevent any ingredient or edible cannabis product from coming into contact with a surface or substance other than a clean and sanitary surface or substance intended for food contact or incorporation into food.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Any heating and cooling equipment in close contact with ingredients or edible cannabis products shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Food grade;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Approved for use in food processing areas; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Designed to prevent any contact with any ingredient or edible cannabis product.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The permittee shall ensure that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The warewashing area includes a three-compartment sink able to hold and wash cookware and equipment in the kitchen;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Larger cookware or equipment that cannot have at least 50 percent of its contact surface submerged in the three-compartment sink complies with approved standard operating procedures for cleaning and sanitizing the cookware or equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Agents are trained to clean the larger cookware and equipment according to the standard operating procedures; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A log is maintained for 2 years detailing the date, time, and agent responsible for cleaning and sanitizing the larger cookware or equipment.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Equipment used to process ingredients and edible cannabis products shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Maintained in a sanitary and working condition;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Tested and calibrated according to the equipment manufacturer’s instructions to ensure accuracy; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Positioned in a manner that does not impede proper cleaning and sanitation procedures.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Equipment used to process ingredients and edible cannabis products shall meet design standards intended for food production equipment, such as those established by the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>National Sanitation Foundation (NSF);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Bakery Industry Sanitation Standards Committee;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>National Automatic Merchandising Association;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>International Association of Milk and Food Sanitarians;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>American Society of Mechanical Engineers; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>U.S. Department of Agriculture.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A thermometer used to monitor the temperature of any ingredient, edible cannabis product, or storage area shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Validated at least once per month using standard operating procedures approved by the Administration; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Calibrated based on the manufacturer’s recommendations to ensure accuracy, and at a minimum:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Annually; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>When validation procedures identify a thermometer is not accurate to plus or minus 2°F.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Contact Surfaces.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Materials used as contact surfaces of equipment or cookware shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Nontoxic;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Inert to ingredients;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Nonporous and nonabsorbent;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Corrosion-resistant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Durable;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>If stainless steel, made of stainless steel of American Iron and Steel Institute Type 304, or equivalent; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Maintained in good condition.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Contact surfaces of equipment or cookware shall be designed, constructed, and maintained to be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Smooth;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Easily cleanable;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Free of difficult-to-clean internal surfaces;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Self-emptying or self-draining if an interior surface;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Visible for inspection or readily disassembled for inspection;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>If manually cleaned:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Readily accessible for cleaning without tools; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>If not readily accessible, readily disassembled for cleaning with the use of simple tools kept available near the equipment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>If cleaned and sanitized by pressurized cleaning-in-place system, readily accessible to the cleaning and sanitizing solutions without disassembly.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>