GB 12693-2010: National food safety standard Good manufacturing practice for milk products

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Scope

This Standard is applicable to the manufacturers which process various milk products, by
using cow milk (or goat milk) and its processed products as the main raw materials.
2  Normative references
Documents referenced in this Standard are indispensable for application of this Standard.
For dated references, only the dated edition is applicable to this Standard. For undated
references, the latest edition (including all amendments) referred to is applicable to this
Standard.
3  Terms and Definitions
3.1 Cleaning work area
Work areas with high cleanliness requirement, such as workshops for storage, filling and
inner packing of bare semi-products.
3.2 Quasi-cleaning work area
Work areas with cleanliness requirement lower than that of cleaning work area, such as
raw material pre-processing workshop.
3.3 Commonly work area
Work areas with cleanliness requirement lower than that of quasi-cleaning work area,
such as milk collecting workshop, raw material warehouse, packing material warehouse,
outer packing workshop and finished products warehouse.
4  Site selection and factory environment
Relevant provisions of GB 14881 shall be followed.
5  Factory buildings and workshops
5.1 Design and layout
5.1.1 All new, expansion and reconstruction projects shall be designed and constructed
according to relevant national provisions.
5.1.2 The layout of factory buildings and workshops shall be capable of preventing cross
contamination in processing of milk products, and avoiding contact with toxic substances
and unclean substances.
5.3 Facilities
5.3.1 Water supply facilities
5.3.1.1 Water supply facilities shall ensure that the quality, pressure, volume, etc. of water of
productive use are in line with production requirements.
5.3.1.2 Water supply equipment and tools shall be granted with product hygienic licenses in
terms of health and safety of drinking water issued by health administrative agencies at or
above the provincial level.
5.3.1.3 The inlet and outlet of water supply facilities shall be additionally provided with safety
and health facilities to prevent food contamination due to entry of animals and other
substances.
5.3.1.4 Water supply facilities using secondary water supply shall comply with the provisions of
GB 17051.
5.3.1.5 Water supply process using self-contained water sources shall comply with relevant
hygienic requirements for centralized drinking water supply organizations issued by the
national health administration.
5.3.1.6 The piping system of non-drinking water not in contact with food (e.g. cooling water,
sewage or wastewater) shall be obviously distinguished and separated from the piping
system of production water, without reverse flow or interaction.
5.3.1.7 The quality of production water shall comply with provisions of GB 5749.
5.3.2 Drainage system
5.3.2.1 Appropriate drainage system shall be equipped. And products and production water shall
be protected from contamination during design and construction.
5.3.2.2 The drainage system shall be sloping, unblocked and easily cleaned. And the joint
between the side and bottom of drainage ditches shall be round-angled.
5.3.2.3 Floor drains with water seal shall be installed at the inlet of the drainage system to
prevent entry of solid wastes and escape of foul air.
5.3.2.4 Production water supply pipeline shall not be arranged in and below the drainage system.
5.3.2.5 The outlet of the drainage system shall be provided with devices to prevent intrusion of
animals.
5.3.2.6 Indoor drainage shall flow from areas with high cleanliness requirement to areas with low
cleanliness requirement. And there shall be design element of preventing reverse flow of
wastewater.
5.3.2.7 Wastewater shall be drained to waste water treatment system or treated in other
appropriate way.
5.3.3 Cleaning facilities
5.3.7.2 Storage places shall be separately arranged depending on different natures of raw
materials, semi-finished products, finished products, packing materials, etc. And cold
storages (refrigerators) shall be provided when necessary. When items of different
natures are stored in the same warehouse, the items shall be properly isolated (e.g. by
categories, racks or zones) and clearly labeled.
5.3.7.3 Warehouses shall be constructed with non-toxic and firm materials, have flat ground for
easy ventilation, and shall be provided with devices for preventing intrusion of animals
(for example, rat guards or ditches shall be arranged at the doors of warehouses).
5.3.7.4 Warehouses shall be provided with sufficient pallets (article storage racks). And an
appropriate distance shall be kept between articles and walls and the ground for
ventilation and articles handling.
5.3.7.5 Cold storages (refrigerators) shall be equipped with thermometers, temperature detectors
or automatic temperature recorders capable of correctly indicating indoor temperature of
warehouses and timely monitoring and recording temperature.

Basic Data

Standard ID	GB 12693-2010 (GB12693-2010)
Description (Translated English)	National food safety standard Good manufacturing practice for milk products
Sector / Industry	National Standard
Classification of Chinese Standard	C53;X16
Classification of International Standard	C53; X16
Word Count Estimation	13,142
Date of Issue	2010-03-26
Date of Implementation	2010-12-01
Older Standard (superseded by this standard)	GB 12693-2003; GB/T 21692-2008
Adopted Standard	CACRCP 1-1969, NEQ; CACRCP 57-2004, NEQ
Regulation (derived from)	Circular of the Ministry of Health (2010)7
Issuing agency(ies)	Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China
Summary	This Chinese standard applies to milk (or goat) and their processed products, such as the main raw material processing all types of dairy production enterprises.