Section 25-A1533. FUNCTIONALITY - VENDING MACHINES, LIQUID WASTE PRODUCTS

 

1533.1Vending machines designed to store beverages that are packaged in containers made from paper products shall be equipped with diversion devices and retention pans or drains for container leakage. 

 

1533.2Vending machines that dispense liquid food in bulk shall be:  

 

(a)Provided with an internally mounted waste receptacle for the collection of  drip, spillage, overflow, or other internal wastes; and

 

(b)Equipped with an automatic shutoff device that will place the machine out  of operation before the waste receptacle overflows. 

 

1533.3Shutoff devices specified in § 1533.2(b) shall prevent water or liquid food from continuously running if there is a failure of a flow control device in the water or liquid food system or waste accumulation that could lead to overflow of the waste receptacle. 

 

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, 6272 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).