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Chapter 27: MANUFACTURERS AND BOTTLERS OF NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Subchapter 3: LICENSING AND OPERATION
§1854. Cleaning of containers
All reusable glass containers used in the manufacture of beverages shall, before being filled or refilled, be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized by washing in an automatic washing machine in a solution of not less than 3% caustic alkali, at a temperature not lower than 110` Fahrenheit to be followed by a rinsing in potable water. All other reusable and all single service containers shall be cleaned and sanitized before being filled or refilled by suitable means approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources. [1979, c. 731, §19 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
1977, c. 696, §242 (AMD).
