Section 25-A1803. EQUIPMENT - WAREWASHING, CLEANING FREQUENCY

 

1803.1A warewashing machine, the compartments of sinks, basins, or other receptacles used for washing and rinsing equipment, utensils, or raw foods, or laundering wiping cloths, and drainboards or other equipment used to substitute for drainboards as specified in § 1602 shall be cleaned: 

 

(a)Before use;

 

(b)Throughout the day at a frequency necessary to prevent recontamination  of equipment and utensils and to ensure that the equipment performs its  intended function; and

 

(c)If used, at least every twenty-four (24) hours. 

 

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, 6278-79 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).