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e e Texas Department of Health Page 11 of 35 Division of Food and Drugs (2) Solder. If solder is used, it shall be composed of safe materials and be corrosion resistant. (3) Wood. Hard maple or equivalently' nonabsorbent material that meets the gene~al requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, may be used for cutting blocks, cutting boards, salad bowls, and baker's tables. Wood may be used for single-service articles, such as chop sticks, stirrers, or ice cream spoons. The use of ,wood as a food-contact surface under other circumstances is prohibited. (4) Plastics. Safe plastic or safe rubber or safe rubber-like materials that are resistant. under normal conditions of use to scratching, scoring, decomposition, crazing, chipping and distortion, that are of sufficient weight and thickness to permit cleaning and sanitizing by normal dishwashing methods, and which meet the general requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, are permitted for repeated use. (5) Mollusk and Crustacea Shells. be used only once as a serving container. food service is prohibited. Mollusk and crustacea shells may Further reuse of such sh~lls for (6) prohibited. Single-Service'. Reuse of single-service articles is (b) Design and Fabrication. (1) General. ,All equipment and utensils, shall be designed and fabricated for durability under and shall be resistant to denting, buckling, pitting, including plastic ware, conditions of normal use chipping, and crazing. (A) Food-contact surfaces shall be easily cleanable, smooth, and free of breaks~ open seams, cracks, chips, pits, and similar imperfections, and free of difficult-to-c1ean internal corners and crevices. Cast iron may be used as a food-contact surface only if the surface is heated, such as in grills, griddle t,ops, and skillets. Threads shall be designed to facilitate cleaning; ordinary ''V" type threads are prohibited in food-contact surfaces, e~cept that in equipment such as ice makers or hot oil cooking equipment and hot oil filtering systems such threads shall be minimized. (B) Equipment containing bearings and gears requiring unsafe lubricants shall be designed and constructed so that the lubricant cannot leak, drip~ or be forced into food or onto food-contact surfaces. Only safe lubricants shall be used on 'equipment designed to re~eive lubrication of bearings and gears on or withi~ food-contact surfaces. (c) Tubing conveying beverages or beverage ingredients to dispensing heads may be in contact with stored ice, provided that such tubing is fabricated from safe materials, is grommeted at entry and exit points to