Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 585 - RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT REGULATIONS
Part IV - Equipment, Utensils, and Linens
Article 9 - Protection of Clean Items
Section 2VAC5-585-2045 - Rinsing equipment and utensils after cleaning
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
After being cleaned and sanitized, equipment and utensils shall not be rinsed before air drying or use unless:
1. The rinse is applied directly from a potable water supply by a warewashing machine that is maintained and operated as specified under 2VAC5-585-1210 through 2VAC5-585-1430 and 2VAC5-585-1570 through 2VAC5-585-1720; and
2. The rinse is applied only after the equipment and utensils have been sanitized by the application of hot water or by the application of a chemical sanitizer solution whose EPA-registered label use instructions call for rinsing off the sanitizer after it is applied in a commercial warewashing machine.
Statutory Authority: § 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.
