Section 410 IAC 7-24-270 - Manual warewashing; sink compartment requirementsAuthority: IC 16-42-5-5
Affected: IC 16-42-5
Sec. 270.
(a) Except as specified in subsection (c), a sink with at least three (3) compartments shall be provided for manually washing, rinsing, and sanitizing equipment and utensils.(b) Sink compartments shall be large enough to accommodate immersion of the largest equipment and utensils. If equipment or utensils are too large for the warewashing sink, a warewashing machine or alternative equipment as specified in subsection (c) shall be used.(c) Alternative manual warewashing equipment may be used when there are special cleaning needs or constraints and its use is approved. Alternative manual warewashing equipment may include the following:(1) High-pressure detergent sprayers.(2) Low-pressure or line-pressure spray detergent foamers.(3) Other task-specific cleaning equipment.(4) Brushes or other implements.(5) Two (2) compartment sinks as specified under subsections (d) and (e).(6) Receptacles that substitute for the compartments of a multicompartment sink.(d) Before a two (2) compartment sink is used:(1) the owner or operator of a retail food establishment shall have its use approved; and(2) the nature of warewashing shall be limited to batch operations for cleaning kitchenware, such as between cutting one (1) type of raw meat and another or cleanup at the end of a shift as follows:(A) A limited number of items shall be cleaned.(B) The cleaning and sanitizing solutions shall be made up immediately before use and drained immediately after use.(C) A detergent-sanitizer shall be used to sanitize and shall be applied as specified under section 275 of this rule or a hot water sanitization immersion step shall be used as specified under section 302(a)(3) of this rule.(e) A two (2) compartment sink may not be used for warewashing operations where cleaning and sanitizing solutions are used for a continuous or intermittent flow of kitchenware or tableware in an ongoing warewashing process.(f) For purposes of this section, a violation of subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) is a noncritical item.Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 7-24-270; filed Oct 13, 2004, 12:30 p.m.: 28 IR 874; readopted filed Jul 15, 2010, 12:12 p.m.: 20100728-IR-410100261RFAReadopted filed 11/10/2016, 8:45 a.m.: 20161207-IR-410160371RFAReadopted filed 9/15/2022, 10:01 a.m.: 20221012-IR-410220206RFA