§682. Qualifications for license; sterilization process
A. The department shall issue the license required in R.S. 40:681 to any applicant
upon receipt of such evidence as it requires to show that the applicant is properly equipped
and maintains and uses the method provided for in Subsection B of this Section in cleansing
and sterilizing the containers.
B. All containers shall be cleansed, sterilized, and freed from rust and contamination
by soaking them for a period of not less than five minutes in a hot caustic solution of not less
than one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit, which shall be indicated by a thermometer.
This solution shall contain not less than two and one-half percent of caustic soda expressed
in terms of sodium hydrates. The containers shall then be thoroughly rinsed in pure water.
The cleansing solution shall be changed frequently so as to prevent it from becoming foul
and unsanitary.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.