Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 105 - Agriculture Department
Chapter 1550 - FOOD; GENERAL RULES
MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS FOR NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, BEER, AND OTHER MALT BEVERAGES
Part 1550.1590 - GERMICIDAL TREATMENT

Universal Citation: MN Rules 1550.1590
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 27, December 30, 2024

Germicidal treatment shall be applied to all beverage coolers periodically. Such germicidal treatment shall follow a thorough cleaning of the cooler, and shall consist of subjecting the entire cooler surface which comes in contact with beverage containers to either hot water, heated to a minimum temperature of 180 degrees Fahrenheit, for a minimum period of three minutes or to a chemical germicidal treatment approved by the commissioner or the commissioner's agents. Those in which ice or water is used as a refrigerant shall be drained of water daily and cleaned, then refilled with clean potable water and ice, to which a germicidal solution approved by the commissioner or the commissioner's agents shall be added in minimum amounts of 200 parts per million of the available active ingredient of the germicide used.

Statutory Authority: MS s 31.10; 31.77

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