Minnesota Administrative Rules

1545.1070 FLOORS.

All floors, except those in receiving rooms and feeding rooms and floors which are kept dry, shall be constructed of hardened concrete or of tile laid closely together with impervious joint material or of other similar impervious material and kept in good repair. The floors in killing, ice-cooling, ice-packing, and eviscerating rooms shall be graded to permit runoff with no standing water. In new construction and renovated plants the pitch shall be not less than one-fourth inch per foot to drains. In new construction the junction of the wall with the floor shall be covered on a radius of not less than two inches, and the window ledges shall be set at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. All upper horizontal surfaces shall be kept to a minimum.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 31.54

Published Electronically:

August 28, 2002