{"data":{"id":"us-va/12vac5-421-1540","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"12VAC5-421-1540","heading":"Equipment, clothes washers and dryers, and storage cabinets, contamination prevention","body":"A. Except as specified in subsection B of this section, equipment, cabinets used for the storage of food, or cabinets used to store cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, laundered linens, and single-service and single-use articles shall not be located:\n\n1. In locker rooms;\n\n2. In toilet rooms or vestibules;\n\n3. In garbage rooms;\n\n4. In mechanical rooms;\n\n5. Under sewer lines that are not shielded to intercept potential drips;\n\n6. Under leaking water lines including leaking automatic fire sprinkler heads or under lines on which water has condensed;\n\n7. Under open stairwells; or\n\n8. Under other sources of contamination.\n\nB. A storage cabinet used for linens or single-service or single-use articles may be stored in a locker room.\n\nC. If a mechanical clothes washer or dryer is provided, it shall be located only where there is no exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; unwrapped single-service and single-use articles; and so that the washer or dryer is protected from contamination.","path":["Title 12. Health","Agency 5. Department of Health","Chapter 421. Food Regulations","Part IV. Equipment, Utensils, and Linens","Article 4. Location and Installation"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter421/section1540/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:16Z","sha256":"3fed6ce47b20685141488d895fe2236e4ff7be3219f7aca7c9d461bfa814e3f6","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/12vac5-421-1535","next":"us-va/12vac5-421-1550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}