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Virginia regulations · Through 2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)

12VAC5-421-2045: Rinsing equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 12. Health
  2. Agency 5. Department of Health
  3. Chapter 421. Food Regulations
  4. Part IV. Equipment, Utensils, and Linens
  5. Article 9. Protection of Clean Items

After being cleaned and sanitized, equipment and utensils shall not be rinsed before air drying or used unless:

1. The rinse is applied directly from a potable water supply by a warewashing machine that is maintained and operated as specified under Articles 2 (12VAC5-421-1080 et seq.) and 5 (12VAC5-421-1570) of this part; and

2. The rinse is applied only after the equipment and utensils have been sanitized by the application of hot water or by the application of a chemical sanitizer solution whose EPA-registered label use instructions call for rinsing off the sanitizer after it is applied in a commercial warewashing machine.

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