Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 39.54 - Dispensing freezers(a) Dispensing freezers shall be rinsed and disassembled after each day's use. Use of clean-in-place installation approved by the Department is acceptable.(b) Dispensing freezers shall be washed, rinsed and sanitized before the close of each working day on which they are used.(c) Dispensing freezers shall be sanitized prior to use on each day on which they are used.(d) Dispensing freezers shall be left unassembled or partially assembled with adequate ventilation when not in use.(e) Dispensing freezers are exempt from subsections (a)-(d) if the following conditions are met: (1) They are listed under the applicable standards of the National Sanitation Foundation and utilize a heat treatment process which heats all of the frozen dessert ingredients contained therein to a temperature of at least 150°F for at least 30 minutes each day, or they employ another heat treatment process that has been approved by the Department and either the National Sanitation Foundation or the Committee for 3-A Sanitary Standards for Dairy Equipment.(2) They are disassembled, cleaned and sanitized at intervals of no greater than 14 days.(3) They contain a lockout mechanism to prevent the dispensing of frozen dessert products if the heat treatment process utilized by the dispensing freezers fails or the dispensing freezer is not disassembled, cleaned and sanitized at intervals of no greater than 14 days.The provisions of this § 39.54 adopted June 29, 1984, effective 6/30/1984, 14 Pa.B. 2242; amended October 9, 1993, effective 10/10/1993, 23 Pa.B. 5019.