Minnesota Administrative Rules

4626.0680 4-301.12 MANUAL WAREWASHING; SINK COMPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS.

A.

Except as specified in item C, a sink with at least three compartments and with integrally attached drainboards at each end 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 specified in item C shall be used.

C.

Alternative manual warewashing equipment may be used when there are special cleaning needs or constraints and the regulatory authority approves the use of the alternative equipment. Alternative manual warewashing equipment may include:

(1)

high-pressure detergent sprayers;

(2)

low- or line-pressure spray detergent foamers;

(3)

other task-specific cleaning equipment;

(4)

brushes or other implements; or

(5)

receptacles that substitute for the compartments of a multicompartment sink provided they are used only for on-site vending machine cleaning and sanitizing.

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