WAC 16-170-070   What are the site requirements for slaughtering, preparing and selling poultry covered by this chapter?  At a minimum, the poultry slaughter/preparation site must:

     (1) Be constructed or assembled to minimize insects, pests, birds, dust, mud and overhead contamination;

     (2) Include adequate lighting to illuminate the areas where poultry are slaughtered, prepared and sold;

     (3) Have an adequate handwashing station;

     (4) Be readily accessible to a toilet facility;

     (5) Include potable running water;

     (6) Include a means of safely disposing of rinse water and offal; and

     (7) Means of properly cooling slaughtered poultry unless the customer takes possession within four hours.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 69.07.103, chapters 69.07 and 34.05 RCW, and 2009 c 114. 09-16-035, § 16-170-070, filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09. Statutory Authority: 2003 c 397 and chapters 69.07 and 34.05 RCW. 04-08-062, § 16-170-070, filed 4/5/04, effective 5/6/04.]