18 Alaska Admin. Code § 31.408

Current through August 30, 2024

Section 18 AAC 31.408 - Design and construction: cleanability

The operator of a food establishment shall ensure that

(1) food-contact surfaces that are multi-use are

(A) smooth and easily cleanable;

(B) free of breaks, open seams, and hard-to-clean internal corners and crevices;

(C) finished to have smooth welds and joints; and

(D) easily accessible or removable for cleaning and maintenance;

(2) nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling, or that require frequent cleaning are

(A) free of unnecessary ledges, projections, or crevices; and

(B) easily accessible for cleaning and maintenance; hood filters must be readily removable for cleaning and maintenance; and

(3) equipment intended for in-place cleaning is designed and constructed so that

(A) cleaning and sanitizing solutions circulate throughout the closed system and contact all interior food-contact surfaces; and

(B) the system is self-draining or capable of being completely drained of cleaning and sanitizing solutions.

18 AAC 31.408

Eff. 12/28/2006, Register 180

Authority:AS 17.20.005

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