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  oor.
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  oor 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  tting 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  oor to ceiling or wall-plate.
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