P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 6.3.3.4 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

6.3.3.4. Preparation of pizzas — rooms: A delicatessen plant where, to the exclusion of any other meat product, meat based pizzas are prepared for wholesale purposes, must have:

(a)  a receiving, packaging and shipping room with a marquee or covered loading and unloading dock;

(b)  a room for the preparation of pizzas;

(c)  a refrigerated room with a temperature of between 0ºC and 4ºC and, where applicable, a freezing room with a maximum temperature of minus 18ºC for preserving frozen products;

(d)  a room or compartment under lock and key for storing packaging materials and labels bearing the reproduction of the stamp;

(e)  a room or compartment for storing unstamped packaging material;

(f)  a room or compartment for storing non-perishable raw materials;

(g)  a refrigerated room or compartment with a maximum temperature of 7ºC for keeping bones or waste from edible meat or meat products not intended for human consumption;

(h)  sanitary rooms including a restroom, a drinking fountain, sinks, clothes lockers and lavatories for the use of the operator’s staff;

(i)  an installation for the purification of waste water in conformity with the regulation in force and, where applicable, a trap for organic fat installed in a non-edible products room or outside the plant;

(j)  a machinery room separate from the other rooms including an area for the installation of the heating system, compressors, and electric distribution panels and an area for the repair and mechanical maintenance of the equipment;

(k)  a compartment for storing cleaning, washing and sanitizing materials;

(l)  a room with a floor surface of at least 8 m2 and having, in addition, an adjoining lavatory, reserved exclusively for the inspector; if more than one inspector is employed, the area must be increased by 4 m2 for each additional inspector. This room must open directly on rooms other than work rooms.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. P-29, r. 1, s. 6.3.3.4; O.C. 725-94, s. 26.