USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service

"Light fixtures in rooms where exposed meat or poultry is handled should ensure maximum safety, to preclude contamination of products with broken glass and prevent collection of dirt, product, and debris on lamp surfaces..."
 

Sanitation Requirements for Official Meat and Poultry Establishments - Chapter 5, Section 1

FDA Plant Construction and Design

"... provide safety-type light bulbs, fixtures, skylights, or other glass suspended over exposed food in any step of preparation or otherwise protect against food contamination in case of glass breakage."
 

110.20 Section B Part 5

"...light bulbs shall be protected, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant in areas where there is exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; or unwrapped single-service and single-use articles."
 

FDA Food Code

Chapter 6, Section 202.11 Light Bulbs, Protective Shielding.

Except as specified in of this section, light bulbs shall be protected, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant in areas where there is exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; or unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
 

Compliant

Certified

 

OSHA Technical Information Bulletin

to alert users of metal halide lamps that these lamps operate at high pressures and extremely high temperatures and that the lamps’ quartz arc tubes can rupture unexpectedly creating potential hazards;