Section 25-A810. PREVENTING CONTAMINATION FROM UTENSILS - IN-USE UTENSILS, BETWEEN-USE STORAGE

 

810.1During pauses in food preparation or dispensing, food preparation and dispensing utensils shall be stored: 

 

(a)Except as specified in § 810.1(b), in the food with their handles above the  top of the food and the container;

 

(b)In food that is not potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for  safety food) with their handles above the top of the food within containers  or equipment that can be closed, such as bins of sugar, flour, or cinnamon;

 

(c)On a clean portion of the food preparation table or cooking equipment  only if the in-use utensil and the food contact surface of the food  preparation table or cooking equipment are cleaned and sanitized at a  frequency specified in §§ 1901 and 2001;

 

(d)In running water of sufficient velocity to flush particulates to the drain, if  used with moist food such as ice cream or mashed potatoes;

 

(e)In a clean, protected location if the utensils, such as ice scoops, are used  only with a food that is not potentially hazardous (time/temperature  control for safety food); or

 

(f)In a container of water if the water is maintained at a temperature of at  least fifty-seven degrees Celsius (57o C) (one hundred thirty-five degrees  Fahrenheit (135o F)) and the container is cleaned at a frequency specified  in § 1901.3.

 

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 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002 and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6236-37 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).