1503. CLEANABILITY - CIP EQUIPMENT

1503 CLEANABILITY ─ CIP EQUIPMENT 1503.1 “Cleaned in Place” (CIP) equipment shall meet the characteristics specified in § 1502 and shall be designed and constructed so that: (a) Cleaning and sanitizing solutions circulate throughout a fixed system and contact all interior food-contact surfaces; Pf and (b) The system is self-draining or capable of being completely drained of cleaning and sanitizing solutions. 1503.2 CIP equipment that is not designed to be disassembled for cleaning shall be designed with inspection access points to ensure that all interior food-contact surfaces throughout the fixed system are being effectively cleaned. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).