Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R70 - Regulatory Services
Rule R70-630 - Water Vending Machine
Section R70-630-6 - Operator Requirements
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Water vending machine operators shall have on file and perform a maintenance program that includes:
(2) Parts and surfaces of water vending machines shall be kept clean and maintained by the water vending machine operator. The vending chamber and the vending nozzle shall be cleaned and sanitized each time the machine is serviced. A record of cleaning and maintenance operations shall be kept by the operator for each water vending machine. These records shall be made available to the department's employees upon request.
(3) Water vending machine operators shall ensure that machines are maintained and monitored to dispense water meeting quality standards specified in this rule. Water analysis shall be performed using approved testing procedures set forth in 21 CFR 165, 2004. Each machine's finished product shall be sampled at least once every three months by the operator, to determine total coliform content. However, provided a satisfactory method of post-treatment disinfection is utilized and based on a sustained record of satisfactory total coliform analyses, the department shall allow modification of the three-month sampling requirement as follows:
(4) Each water vending machine operator shall take whatever investigative or corrective actions are necessary to assure a potable water is supplied to consumers.
(5) The vended water from each vending machine utilizing silver-impregnated carbon filters in the treatment process shall be sampled once every six months for silver.
(6) All records pertaining to the sampling and analyses shall be retained by the operator for a period of not less than two years. Results of all analyses shall be available for department review upon request.