Hello!
Does anyone have a sanitation program for trailers? We are a storage and disctribution center, and our customer (the manufacturer of dry pet food) is asking us for sanitation records.
We do not own or lease the trailers. They are leased to our customer. Who is then responsible for the sanitation of the trailers?
Would appreciate any help!
I found this under FSMA
https://www.fda.gov/...and-animal-food
- Another change is particularly important to rail carriers. Commenters raised concerns that rail operators often do not own, prepare or operate equipment, e.g, refrigeration units, in the railcars they transport, and do not have the ability to ensure that certain requirements such as temperature control and sanitary conditions, are met. The shipper or loader, and not the rail carrier, has generally assumed responsibilities, such as inspecting a railcar, to ensure that it is suitable. Shippers will continue to hold primary responsibility for sanitary conditions of transport under this rule unless the carrier has entered into a written agreement with the shipper to assume this responsibility.
- By contrast, motor carriers generally own their vehicles and are directly involved with sanitation during transportation operations
Primary responsibility for determining appropriate transportation operations now rests with the shipper, who may rely on contractual agreements to assign some of these responsibilities to other parties.
- Shippers must develop and implement written procedures to ensure that equipment and vehicles are in appropriate sanitary condition.
- Shippers of food transported in bulk must develop and implement written procedures to ensure that a previous cargo does not make food unsafe.
- And shippers of food that require temperature control for safety must also develop and implement written procedures to ensure that food is transported under adequate temperature control.
