Minnesota Administrative Rules

4626.0660 4-204.120 VENDING MACHINES; LIQUID WASTE PRODUCTS.

A.

Vending machines designed to store beverages that are packaged in containers made from paper products shall be equipped with diversion devices and retention pans or drains for container leakage.

B.

Vending machines that dispense liquid food in bulk shall be:

(1)

provided with an internally mounted waste receptacle for the collection of drips, spillage, overflow, or other internal wastes; and

(2)

equipped with an automatic shutoff device that takes the machine out of operation before the waste receptacle overflows.

C.

A shutoff device specified in item B, subitem (2), shall prevent water or liquid food from continuously running if there is a failure of a flow control device in the water or liquid food system or waste accumulation that could lead to overflow of the waste receptacle.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 31.101; 31.11; 144.05; 144.08; 144.12; 157.011

History:

23 SR 519

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007