Section 25-A1809. EQUIPMENT - MECHANICAL WAREWASHING, WASH SOLUTION TEMPERATURE

 

1809.1The temperature of the wash solution in spray type warewashers that use hot water to sanitize shall not be less than: 

 

(a)For a stationary rack, single temperature machine, seventy-four degrees  Celsius (74o C) (one hundred sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit (165o F)); Pf

 

(b)For a stationary rack, dual temperature machine, sixty-six degrees Celsius  (66o C) (one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150o F)); Pf 

 

(c)For a single tank, conveyor, dual temperature machine, seventy-one  degrees Celsius (71o C) (one hundred sixty degrees Fahrenheit (160o F)); Pf  or

 

(d)For a multi-tank, conveyor, multi-temperature machine, sixty-six degrees  Celsius (66o C) (one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150o F)). Pf 

 

1809.2The temperature of the wash solution in spray-type warewashers that use chemicals to sanitize shall not be less than forty-nine degrees Celsius (49oC) (one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (120 o F)). Pf

 

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, 6280 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).