Minnesota Administrative Rules

4626.0720 4-401.11 EQUIPMENT, CLOTHES WASHERS AND DRYERS, AND STORAGE CABINETS; CONTAMINATION PREVENTION.

A.

Except as specified in items B and C, equipment; a cabinet that is used for the storage of food; or a cabinet that is used to store cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, laundered linens, or single-service and single-use articles shall not be located:

(1)

in a locker room;

(2)

in a toilet room;

(3)

in a garbage room;

(4)

in a mechanical room;

(5)

under a sewer line that is not shielded to intercept potential drips;

(6)

under a leaking water line, including a leaking automatic fire sprinkler head, or under a line on which water has condensed;

(7)

under an open stairwell; or

(8)

under any other source of contamination.

B.

A storage cabinet used for linens or single-service or single-use articles may be stored in a locker room.

C.

If a mechanical clothes washer or dryer is provided, it shall be located so that the washer or dryer is protected from contamination and only in an area where there is no exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, or linens; or unwrapped single-service or single-use articles.

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