Section 25-A2208. PREVENTING CONTAMINATION - RINSING EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS AFTER CLEANING AND SANITIZING

 

2208.1After being cleaned and sanitized, equipment and utensils shall not be rinsed before air drying or use unless: 

 

(a)The rinse is applied directly from a potable water supply by a  warewashing machine that is maintained and operated as specified in §§  1513 through 1535 and §§ 1800 through 1815; and

 

(b)The rinse is applied only after the equipment and utensils have been  sanitized by the application of hot water or by the application of a  chemical sanitizer solution whose EPA-registered label use instructions  call for rinsing off the sanitizer after it is applied in a commercial  warewashing machine.

 

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 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).