4-3. Food Protection and Storage, Continued
Make sure that only the following poisonous and toxic materials are present in
Poisonous and
any area that you use in connection with food service facilities:
toxic materials
storage
Those that normally are required to maintain the facility in a sanitary
condition.
Those that normally are required to sanitize equipment and utensils.
Label all containers of poisonous and toxic materials, including insecticides and
Labeling
rodenticides, prominently and distinctively. Such labeling allows easy content
identification. You may keep and use Insecticide, Aerosol, Pyrenthrin or
Resmethrin, NSN 6840-00-823-7849 and NSN 6840-00-149-0106, in a dining
facility. However, DO NOT keep or use any other insecticides or rodenticides in
a dining facility unless you have the approval of the IMA.
In any dining facility, keep on hand or use only the sanitizers, detergents,
Cleaners and
insecticides, rodenticides, and other toxic chemicals that are listed in USDA
chemicals
Publication No. 1373 (current edition). Make sure that sanitizers, insecticides,
and rodenticides display a U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) registration
number on the label.
Label containers of poisonous or toxic materials prominently and distinctively
Container
for an easy identification of their contents. Keep these poisonous or toxic
identification
materials in their original containers. However, you may break down the
following items into smaller, distinctly labeled containers:
Bulk detergents.
Sanitizers.
Related cleaning or drying agents.
When poisonous and toxic materials are used, segregate them from food
Materials
products. Store them in locked and labeled cabinets. DO NOT store sanitizing
segregation
and cleaning compounds in the same cabinet or area of the room in which you
store insecticides, rodenticides, or other poisonous materials.
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