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Part 1 | Minimum Standards of Construction of Poultry Processing Premises

5.14 Carton and Wrapping Materials Storage

5.14.1 The storage and dispensing facilities provided in the
processing room should be adequate and capable of
keeping wrapping materials above floor.

5.14.2 A store room for holding cartons, and packing and
wrapping materials intended for use in connection with
edible production should be provided. It should be
separated from all other storage facilities and should be
constructed so that it is insect, vermin and dust proof
and provided with racks not less than 300 mm above the
floor on which materials may be stored. Cartons may be
stored away from walls on pallets.

5.15 Inedible Material
5.15.1 Poultry waste should be stored, pending its removal from
the premises, in leak proof containers with close fitting
covers located outside the premises, under cover, on a
concrete slab that is curbed and drained.
5.15.2 Poultry waste containers shall be leak proof, capable
of being effectively cleaned and distinguishable from
containers from edible product by being coloured red or
marked with a red band not less than 100 mm in width
around the outer circumference of the top of the container.
5.15.3 Buildings intended for rendering purposes to produce or
store inedible tallow, meat meal and fertiliser should be
constructed in a manner to facilitate the maintenance of
hygienic condition. They should be completely separated
from edible departments except for a minimum opening
for passage of inedible material. Such a passage must
slope away from the processing area.
5.15.4 Where treatment of by-products is to be other than by
dry-rendering, the building should be located not less
than 30m from any building in which birds are slaughtered
or dressed or in which poultry meat is treated or stored.

5.15.5 The walls of the rendering department should not be less
than 3.6m high from floor to ceiling or wall-plate.

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