D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-A2002

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 52, December 27, 2024

Rule 25-A2002 - METHODS - HOT WATER AND CHEMICAL

2002.1

After being cleaned, equipment, food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be sanitized in:

(a) Hot water manual operations by immersion for at least thirty (30) seconds as specified in § 1810; ^P or

(b) Hot water mechanical operations by being cycled through equipment that is set up as specified in §§ 1804, 1811, and 1812 and achieving a utensil surface temperature of seventy-one degrees Celsius (71^o C) (one hundred and sixty degrees Fahrenheit (160^o F)) as measured by an irreversible registering temperature indicator. ^P

2002.2

After being cleaned, equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be sanitized in chemical manual or mechanical operations, including the application of sanitizing chemicals by immersion, manual swabbing, brushing, or pressure spraying methods, using a solution as specified in § 1813 by providing:

(a) Except as specified in § 2002.2(b), a contact time of at least ten (10) seconds for a chlorine solution specified in § 1813.2; ^P

(b) A contact time of at least seven (7) seconds for a chlorine solution of fifty micrograms per liter (50 mg/L) that has a pH of ten (10) or less and a temperature of at least thirty -eight degrees Celsius (38^o C) (one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (100^o F), or a pH of eight (8) or less and a temperature of at least twenty-four degrees Celsius (24^o C) (seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit (75^o F));^P

(c) A contact time of at least thirty (30) seconds for other chemical sanitizing solutions; ^P or

(d) A contact time used in relationship with a combination of temperature, concentration, and pH that, when evaluated for efficacy, yields "sanitization", as defined in this Code. ^P

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-A2002

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012)

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.