Food Processors and Foodservice Operations Are Required To
Use Protective Lighting
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
"Light fixtures in rooms where exposed meat or poultry is handled should ensure maximum safety, to preclude contamination of products with broken glass and prevent collection of dirt, product, and debris on lamp surfaces..."
Sanitation Requirements for Official Meat and Poultry Establishments - Chapter 5, Section 1
FDA Plant Construction and Design
"... provide safety-type light bulbs, fixtures, skylights, or other glass suspended over exposed food in any step of preparation or otherwise protect against food contamination in case of glass breakage."
110.20 Section B, Part 5
FDA Food Code
"...light bulbs shall be shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant in areas where there is exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; or unwrapped single-service and single-use articles."
Chapter 6, Section 202.11 Light Bulbs, Protective Shielding.
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
"Light bulbs and fixtures suspended over exposed food or packaging materials at any stage of production are of a safety type or are protected to prevent contamination of food in case of breakage"
3.1.2.1 Design and Construction, Accepted Construction Materials
The Public Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. P210)
"Lights are shielded to protect food from broken glass in all food preparation areas; and lights are shielded to protect food from broken glass where lights are located over unprotected food or food processing, packaging, or serving lines or where any other hazard might exist,"
Food and Food Handling Establishments Regulation 16(d) and 16(e)
Mexican Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development
"The processing area lamps must be covered with a protective device of unbreakable material, to avoid product contamination in case of any breakage"
Standard 008 - 5.5.1.4