2VAC5-585-2045: Rinsing equipment and utensils after cleaning
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 2. Agriculture
- Agency 5. Department of Agriculture And Consumer Services
- Chapter 585. Retail Food Establishment Regulations
- Part IV. Equipment, Utensils, and Linens
- Article 9. Protection of Clean Items
After being cleaned and sanitized, equipment and utensils shall not be rinsed before air drying or use unless:
1. The rinse is applied directly from a potable water supply by a warewashing machine that is maintained and operated as specified under 2VAC5-585-1210 through 2VAC5-585-1430 and 2VAC5-585-1570 through 2VAC5-585-1720; 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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