S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-25.4-901

Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024

Section 61-25.4-901 - Drying

4-901.11Equipment and Utensils, Air-Drying Required.

After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils:

(A) Shall be air-dried or used after adequate draining as specified in the first paragraph of 40 CFR 180.940, Tolerance Exemptions for Active and Inert Ingredients for use in Antimicrobial Formulations (Food-Contact Surface Sanitizing Solutions) before contact with food; and

(B) May not be cloth dried, except that utensils that have been air-dried may be polished with cloths that are maintained clean and dry.

Wiping cloths laundered in a retail food establishment that does not have a mechanical clothes dryer as specified in 4-301.15(B) shall be air-dried in a location and in a manner that prevents contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles and the wiping cloths. This section does not apply if wiping cloths are stored after laundering in a sanitizing solution as specified under 4-501.114.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-25.4-901

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 38, Issue No. 6, eff 6/27/2014; State Register Volume 43, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/24/2019.