(a) Each dealer shall monitor conditions and practices that are both appropriate to the plant and the food being processed with sufficient frequency to ensure, at a minimum, conformance with the requirements specified in §§229.211 - 229.219 of this title (relating to Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Good Warehousing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing or Holding Human Food). The requirements specified in §§229.211 - 229.219 of this title relate to the following sanitation items:
  (1) safety of water for processing and ice production;
  (2) condition and cleanliness of food contact surfaces;
  (3) prevention of cross contamination;
  (4) maintenance of hand washing, hand sanitizing and toilet facilities;
  (5) protection from adulterants;
  (6) proper labeling, storage, or use of toxic compounds;
  (7) control of employees with adverse health conditions; and
  (8) exclusion of pests.
(b) Each dealer shall maintain sanitation control records that, at a minimum, document the monitoring and corrections prescribed by subsection (a) of this section. These records are subject to the requirements of §241.63(h) of this title (relating to General HACCP Requirements).
(c) Sanitation controls may be included in the HACCP plan, as required by §241.63(b) of this title. However, to the extent that they are monitored in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, they need not be included in the HACCP plan.

Source Note: The provisions of this §241.64 adopted to be effective March 20, 2003, 28 TexReg 2346