Section 785.890  Closing and Sealing Containers

Pouches, liners, or containers having product contact surfaces after filling shall be folded or closed and sealed in a sanitary manner, preferably by mechanical means, so as to assure against contamination. Each container shall be coded in such a manner as to be easily identified as to date of manufacture by lot or sublot number.

(Source:  Adopted at 11 Ill. Reg. 2356, effective February 1, 1987)