TITLE II

OBLIGATIONS OF OPERATORS
CHAPTER I

General obligations
Section 2

Registration and approval

General hygiene requirements
Article 25
1
Operators shall ensure that establishments or plants under their control carrying out the activities referred to in Article 24(1)(a) and (h):
a
are constructed in a way permitting their effective cleaning and disinfection and where appropriate the construction of floors facilitates the draining of liquids;
b
have access to adequate facilities for personal hygiene such as lavatories, changing rooms and washbasins for staff;
c
have appropriate arrangements for protection against pests, such as insects, rodents and birds;
d
keep installations and equipment in good condition and ensure that measuring equipment is calibrated regularly; and
e
have appropriate arrangements for the cleaning and the disinfection of containers and vehicles in place to avoid risks of contamination.
2
Any person working in the establishment or plant referred to in paragraph 1 shall wear suitable, clean and, where necessary, protective clothing.
Where appropriate in a particular establishment or plant:
a
persons working in the unclean sector shall not enter the clean sector without first changing their work clothes and shoes or without having disinfected them;
b
equipment and machinery shall not be moved from the unclean to the clean sector without first being cleaned and disinfected; and
c
the operator shall establish a procedure relating to the movements of persons in order to monitor their movements and describe the correct use of footbaths and wheel baths.
3
In establishments or plants carrying out the activities referred to in Article 24(1)(a):
a
animal by-products shall be handled in such a way as to avoid risks of contamination;
b
animal by-products shall be processed as soon as possible. After processing, derived products shall be handled and stored in such a way as to avoid risks of contamination;
c
where appropriate, during any processing applied to animal by-products and derived products every part of the animal by-product and derived products shall be treated to a given temperature for a given period of time and risks of re-contamination shall be prevented;
d
the operators shall check regularly the applicable parameters, particularly temperature, pressure, time, size of particles, where appropriate by automatic devices;
e
cleaning procedures shall be established and documented for all parts of the establishments or plants.