Section 25-A1514. FUNCTIONALITY - EQUIPMENT OPENINGS, CLOSURES AND DEFLECTORS

 

1514.1A cover or lid for equipment shall overlap the opening and be sloped to drain. 

 

1514.2An opening located within the top of a unit of equipment that is designed for use with a cover or lid shall be flanged upward at least five millimeters (5 mm) (two-tenths of an inch (2/10 in.)). 

 

1514.3Fixed piping, temperature measuring devices, rotary shafts, and other parts extending into equipment shall be provided with a watertight joint at the point where the item enters the equipment, except as specified in § 1514.4.  

 

1514.4If a watertight joint is not provided under § 1514.3: 

 

(a)The piping, temperature measuring devices, rotary shafts, and other parts  extending through the openings shall be equipped with an apron designed  to deflect condensation, drips, and dust from openings into the food; and

 

(b)The opening shall be flanged as specified in § 1514.2. 

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246: D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6267 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).