SCHEDULE 6OPERATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF FARMED GAME HANDLING FACILITIES AND FARMED GAME PROCESSING FACILITIES

PART IIIGENERAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO LOW THROUGHPUT FARMED GAME PROCESSING FACILITIES

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Every room in which farmed game meat is produced, worked on, handled or stored and any area through which farmed game meat is transported shall have—

a

floors and floor surfaces of impermeable, rot proof non-slip and durable material, which shall be so constructed and kept in such good order, repair and condition as to enable them to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected; such floors shall be laid in such a way as to facilitate the drainage of water;

b

interior wall surfaces faced with a smooth, durable, impermeable and washable material (which shall be of a light colour) to the following heights—

i

in any of the rooms referred to in paragraph 1(m), (p), (q), (r), (s) and (t) above up to a height of not less than 3 metres or the full height of the room, whichever is lower;

ii

in any rooms used for the cooling or storage of farmed game meat, up to a height of not less than the usable storage height;

iii

in any other room in which unpackaged farmed game meat is handled, up to a height of not less than 2 metres;

c

doors and door frames of a hard wearing, corrosion-resistant material or, if made of wood, with a smooth, impermeable covering on all surfaces;

d

a ceiling, or where there is no ceiling the interior surface of the roof, which is so constructed and finished as to minimise condensation, mould development, flaking and the lodgement of dirt, and which shall be kept in such good order, repair and condition as to enable it to be thoroughly cleaned;

e

insulation materials which are rotproof and odourless;

f

suitable and sufficient means of ventilation to the external air (except in the case of a humidity-controlled or temperature controlled chamber) including, where necessary, adequate means of steam extraction; (all ventilation systems to be kept at all times in good working order); and

g

adequate artificial lighting throughout the workrooms; which lighting shall not distort colours and shall be an overall intensity of not less than 220 lux; save that at places where inspection of farmed game meat is normally carried out the overall intensity shall be not less than 540 lux.