Business Licensing Regulations (Table Eggs Grading Stations), 1994

BUSINESS LICENSING REGO'LATIONS (TABLE EGGS GRADING STATIONS) 5755-1994 By virtue of the power vested in me by S llB Business Licensing Law, 5728-1968{1}, and S 22 Animal Diseases Ordinance [New Version) 5745 1985{2}, I enact these Regulations: Chapte= A: Intecyretation Definitions l. In these Regulations {l} SB 5728, {2} SB 5745, {3} SI 5728, {4} SI 5733, {5} SI 5732, "The Director" - the Director of the Veterinary Services or a person authorised by him for the purposes of these Regulations; "Rules of 5728" the rules of The Poultry Council (Regulation of Manufacture and Marketing) 5728-1968{3}; "Grading Station" - a building serving as a place for the transillumination, grading and stamping of table eggs, being a business within the meaning of item 166 of Businesses Licensing Order (Businesses Requiring Licensing}, 5733-1973{4}; "Sanitary Conditions Regulations" - Businesses Licensing Regulations (Sanitary Conditions for Food Manufacturing Businesses) 5732-1972{5}. p. 204; 5750, p. 156 p. 84 p. 1862; 5754, ?· 28 p. 684; 5754, p.22 p. 1112; 5752, p. 1210 conditions for Licensing Chapter B: Licensing 2. No person shall be granted a licence for a grading station, and no person shall run or operate a grading station unless he fulfills the provisions of these Regulations to the satisfaction of the Director. Lodging of 3. The application for a business licence shall be application accompanied by the undermentioned for the approval of the for licence Director: Grant of Approval (l) Situational Map plan of the surrounding area drawn to a scale of 1:1250; (2) Drawing of the plot to a scale of 1:1250; (3) Plans of the grading station to a scale of 1:100; (4) Technical and sanitary specification of the grading station; (5) List of equipment and indication of its situation on the plans of the station; (6) Notification of annual quantity of eggs to be graded at the station. 4. The grant of appoval, the refusal to grant the same, the stipulation of conditions for its being granted, its alteration or its revocation are all within the discretion Renewal of Licence Location and Area of Station of the Director. 5. The provisions of Regulation 3 shall apply also to an application to renew a licence unless the following conditions shall have been satisfied: (1) Since the lastapproval of the business licence there have been no alterations in the particulars lodged under Regulation 3; (2) The application is accompanied by a written declaration, signed by the applicant, that the appendices lodged under Regulation 3 for the purposes of the last application, reflect the existing position at the time of the making of the application for the renewal of the liccence. Chapter C: Buildings and Curtilage 6. (a) A grading station shall be distanced, to the satisfaction of the Director, from all sources of smell or pollution likely adversely to affect the quality of the eggs. (b) The area of the building of the grading stations shall not be less than (l) 60 square metres in the case of a station grading up to 6 million eggs per year; Curtilage of Station Installat ions for Waste Washing down and Drainage Loading and Un loading Area Office (2) 100 square metres in the case of a station grading up to 10 million eggs per year; (3) 120 square metres in the case of a station grading more than 10 million eggs per year plus 10 square metres for every additional million eggs. 7. The curtilage of the grading station shall be fenced; the distance between the stsioon and the perimeter fence shall not be less than five metres from each external wall of the sta~ion building; the curtilage shall be paved with a rigid ~aterial, such as concrete or asphalt, drained, clear of scrap and other objects, clean and tidy. 8. In the curtilage of the grading station there shall be installed, least 30 centimetres above the ground, a sealed rece?tacle for waste, water taps, and arrangements for draini~g off water, all as the Director shall require. 9. In the grading station there shall be a roofed area for unloading and loading; the area shall be constructed of rigid ~ate=ial, such as concrete or asphalt, and shall not be less than 6 metres in width and 10 metres in length. 10. In the g=ading station there shall be one room set aside as for use as an office. Room for Grading and storage of Eggs 11. (a) In a grading station there shall be a room for grading and storage of eggs (hereinafter - grading room), air-conditioned to a maximum temperature of 20 degrees celsius, constructed out of stable, rigid, insulating materials, such as concrete, bricks or other appropriate building material, excluding asbestos and wood. Storerooms (b) The internal surfaces of the walls of the grading room shall be covered, up to a height of at least 2 metres, with a rigid, smooth material, of a light colour, capable of easy cleaning and disinfection. (c) The floor of the grading room shall be drained, constructed of tiles or smooth concrete and be capable of being easily cleaned and disinfected. 12. In the storerooms fer grading station tlrt!re shall be separate used or damaged packing and new packing and storerooms for chemical substances, items of appliances and spare parts required for the operation of the station; the storerooms shall be impervious to dust and insects. Canteen and 13. In a grading station there shall be a canteen and Toilets Refriger ation toilets and dressing rooms for the workers as set out in Chapter G of t~e Sanitary Conditions Regulations. 14. In a grading station there shall be a refrigerator or refrigeratior. room, as the Director shall require according to the quantity of egges being graded at the station; the temperature in the refrigerator or Grading Machine Cleaning and Eandling Machines refrigeration room shall not exceed 2 degrees celsius. Chapter D: Equipment 15. (a) In a grading station grading more than 10 million eggs per year there shall be a grading machine appropriate to the quantity of eggs graded and constructed so as to be capable of taking hold of each egg; in the machine there shall be a transillumination compartment covered on all sides by an opaque curtain and illuminated in such a way as to enable a clear view of the internal contents of the egg (hereinafter - /transillumination compartment). (b) In a grading station, not being a grading station covered by Subregulation (a), the grading shall be carried out by means of a machine of a model suitable to the quantity of eggs being graded therein and having a transillumination compartment. 16 (a) A grading station shall have in it a machine for the removal of dust by vacuum, having a suction capacity suitable to the size of the station and the quantity of eggs graded therein. (b) No engine operated by combustion shall be operated within the confines of the grading station. Bins fo.r cracked and Broken Eggs Waste containers Furniture and Equipment 17. There shall be in a grading station sealed bins for the collection of adequate. to the these bins shall cracked or broken eggs, in numbers of eggs being graded therein; a material which can be easily quantity be of cleaned and disinfected. 18. In a grading station there shall be sealed bins for the collection of eggs, the marketing of which is forbidden under Rule 14D of the Rules of 5728. 19. The furniture and equipment in a grading station shall be whole, in proper condition and clean, and made of a rigid material capable of being easily cleaned and disinfected, which does not absorb liquid, does not peal, and is unaffected by any substance that may come into contact with it. Chapter E: Lighting, Water, Sewage, Operation and Maintenance Lighting Water Drinking Water 20. In the egg grading and packing areas in the grading station there shall be lighting of a brightness of at least 300 lux. 21. The water entering the grading station building shall be of the ~~ality of drinking water. 22. The s~ation's worker shall have at their disposal both hot and cold drinking water throughout working hours. Waste Pipes 23. The waste pipes in the station shall be in proper working condition and shall not leak or drip. Cleanliness 24. The whole area of the grading station shall be kept clean and tidy at all times. Animals ?est Control Egg Grading 25. No animals shall be present in the area of the grading station. 26. (a) No pest control activity shall take place in a grading station except by a pest control officer having a licence ~nder Business Licensing Regulations (Pest Control), 5735-1975{6}, for that kind of control activity. (b) When pest control activity has taken place in a grading station, a certificate stating the name of the control o!ficer and his licence number, the date of the activity, the type and nature of the pesticide used, shall be retaine~ in the ststion office for half a yaer from the date of the control activity. 27. The grading and storing of eggs in the grading station shall be in accordance with the provisions of Rules 14A-16 of the Rules of 5728. Number and Qualifica tion of Workers Workers Staying Overnight Health Clothing Personal Hygiene Chapter F: Workers 28. The number of workers in each station shall be as required by the Director. The workers shall be instructed by the manager of the technological department of the Poultry Council in all matters concerning grading eggs the structure of the egg, its contents, the process of its becoming stale and the identification of defects in it. 29. The staying overnight by workers in a grading station is forbidden. 30. The provisions of Regulations 65 and 66 Sanitary Conditions Regulations shall apply to the health, the clothing anc the personal hygiene of the workers. Chapter G: General Conunencement 31. (a) The commencement of these Regulations, except for Regulations 5, 11 and 14, shall be four months from the date of their publication. (b) The commencement of Regulations 6, 11 and 14 shall be l Iyar 5755 (1 May 1995). Transition- 32. The Director may, at the request of the owner of a al Provis- grading station, exempt him from certain of the provisions of these Regulations, for such period as he shall direct, if on the date that these Regulations come into force the business has already been carried on by him in accordance with a valid licence. 14 Tishri 5755 (19 September 1994) Yaakov Zur Minister of Agriculture