Equipment

(1) The equipment, utensils and fittings in slaughter halls and workrooms shall be of such material and of such construction as to enable them to be kept readily and thoroughly clean and, except for chopping blocks, cutting boards, brooms and the handles of implements, shall not be of wood but shall be of metal or other durable material resistant to corrosion that may easily be kept clean. (2) Suitable and sufficient facilities shall be provided in convenient places within every slaughterhouse for the sterilisation of clothes, knives and other equipment used in the (3) Where receptacles are furnished for holding blood before removal from the slaughterhouse, such receptacles shall be provided with closely fitting covers. (4) Where receptacles are furnished for the removal from the slaughterhouse of stomachs, intestines and trimmings they shall be suitable and sufficient for the purpose. (5) Suitable and sufficient receptacles furnished with closely fitting covers shall be provided for collecting and removing from every slaughterhouse all garbage, filth and refuse, Food and Drugs 69 provided that if such receptacles are insufficient for holding all manure, a manure bay shall be provided and maintained with impervious walls and floor and be drained to a suitable outlet. (6) New or replacement machinery and equipment including replacement parts, brought into the premises of official establishment shall not contain liquid polychlorinated biphenyls (commonly referred to as PCBs or other environmental contaminants) in concentrations greater than 50 parts per million by weight of the liquid medium. This provision applies to both food processing and non-food processing machinery and any part thereof. This prohibition does not apply to totally enclosed capacitors containing less than three pounds of PCBs. Environmental Contaminations. (7) Where scabbards or other similar devices are furnished for the temporary retention of knives, steels, triers or other similar items, they shall be constructed of rust-resisting metal or other impervious materials, shall be of a type that is readily kept clean and shall be kept clean.