Section 25-A1811. EQUIPMENT - MECHANICAL WAREWASHING, HOT WATER SANITIZATION TEMPERATURES

 

1811.1Except as specified in § 1811.2, in a mechanical operation, the temperature of the fresh hot water sanitizing rinse as it enters the manifold shall not be more than ninety degrees Celsius (90o C) (one hundred ninety-four degrees Fahrenheit (194o F)), or less than: Pf 

 

(a)For a stationary rack, single temperature machine, four degrees Celsius (4o  C) (one hundred sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit (165o F)); Pf or

 

(b)For all other machines, eighty-two degrees Celsius (82o C) (one hundred  eighty degrees Fahrenheit (180o F)). Pf 

 

1811.2The maximum temperature specified in § 1811.1 does not apply to the high pressure and temperature systems with wand-type, hand-held, spraying devices used for the in-place cleaning and sanitizing of equipment such as meat saws. 

 

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).