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VSP 2018 Operations Manual

• Other food presented for consumption for which further washing or
cooking is not required and from which rinds, peels, husks, or shells
are removed.
• Fruits and vegetables cooked for hot holding, as specified under
section 7.3.4.1.3.
• Substances derived from plants such as spices, seasonings, and sugar.
• A bakery item such as bread, cakes, pies, fillings, or icing for which
further cooking is not required for food safety.
• Products produced in accordance with USDA guidelines and that
have received a lethality treatment for pathogens: dry, fermented
sausages, such as dry salami or pepperoni; salt-cured MEAT and
POULTRY products, such as prosciutto ham, country cured ham,
and Parma ham; and dried MEAT and POULTRY products, such as
jerky or beef sticks.
• Foods manufactured as specified in 21 CFR Part 113, Thermally
Processed Low-Acid Foods PACKAGED in HERMETICALLY
SEALED CONTAINERS.

Recreational water facility (RWF): A water facility that has been modified,
improved, constructed, or installed for the purpose of public swimming or
recreational bathing. RWFs include, but are not limited to,
• ACTIVITY POOLS.
• BABY-ONLY WATER FACILITIES.
• CHILDREN’S POOLS.
• Diving pools.
• Hot tubs.
• Hydrotherapy pools.
• INTERACTIVE RECREATIONAL WATER FACILITIES.
• Slides.
• SPA POOLS.
• SWIMMING POOLS.
• Therapeutic pools.
• WADING POOLS.
• WHIRLPOOLS.

Recreational seawater: Seawater taken onboard while MAKING WAY at a
position at least 12 miles at sea and routed directly to the RWFs for either sea-to-
sea exchange or recirculation.

Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly (RP assembly):
An assembly containing two independently acting internally loaded check valves
together with a hydraulically operating, mechanically independent pressure
differential relief valve located between the check valves and at the same time
below the first check valve. The unit must include properly located resilient
seated test cocks and tightly closing resilient seated shutoff valves at each end of

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