Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 31 - Alaska Food Code
Article 4 - Equipment and Utensils
18 AAC 31.408 - Design and construction: cleanability
Universal Citation: 18 AK Admin Code 18 AAC 31.408
Current through August 30, 2024
The operator of a food establishment shall ensure that
(1) food-contact surfaces that are multi-use are
(A) smooth and easily cleanable;
(B) free of breaks, open seams, and
hard-to-clean internal corners and crevices;
(C) finished to have smooth welds and joints;
and
(D) easily accessible or
removable for cleaning and maintenance;
(2) nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling, or that require frequent cleaning are
(A) free of unnecessary
ledges, projections, or crevices; and
(B) easily accessible for cleaning and
maintenance; hood filters must be readily removable for cleaning and
maintenance; and
(3) equipment intended for in-place cleaning is designed and constructed so that
(A) cleaning and sanitizing solutions
circulate throughout the closed system and contact all interior food-contact
surfaces; and
(B) the system is
self-draining or capable of being completely drained of cleaning and sanitizing
solutions.
Authority:AS 17.20.005
AS 17.20.020
AS 17.20.072
AS 17.20.180
AS 17.20.290
AS 44.46.020
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