3717-1-04.1(D) Equipment, utensils, and linens: design and construction

CIP equipment - cleanability.

(1)

CIP equipment is to meet the characteristics specified under paragraph (C) of this rule and be designed and constructed so that:

(a)

Cleaning and sanitizing solutions circulate throughout a fixed system and contact all interior food-contact surfaces; and

(b)

The system is self-draining or capable of being completely drained of cleaning and sanitizing solutions; and

(2)

CIP equipment that is not designed to be disassembled for cleaning has to be designed with inspection access points to ensure that all interior food-contact surfaces throughout the fixed system are being effectively cleaned.