18 Alaska Admin. Code § 31.424

Current through October 17, 2024

Section 18 AAC 31.424 - Sanitizing

(a) The operator of a food establishment shall ensure that food-contact surfaces are sanitized before use after washing and rinsing as follows:

(1) for manual warewashing that uses hot water to sanitize, immersion for at least 30 seconds in clean water at a temperature of 170º F or above;

(2) for mechanical warewashing that uses hot water to sanitize,

(A) by being cycled through equipment that is designed, constructed, installed, and maintained as specified in 18 AAC 31.412;

(B) by achieving a utensil surface temperature of 160º F or above at the end of the sanitizing cycle as measured by an irreversible registering temperature indicator; and

(C) by maintaining the final rinse temperature of the fresh hot water sanitizing rinse as it enters the manifold at

(i) not more than 194º F, except high pressure and temperature systems with wand-type, hand-held, spraying devices used for the in-place cleaning and sanitizing of equipment; and

(ii) not less than the temperature specified in Table H in 18 AAC 31.423;

(3) for manual or mechanical warewashing that uses chemicals to sanitize, including the application of sanitizing chemicals by immersion, manual swabbing, brushing, or pressure spraying methods using one of the sanitizing solutions specified in Table I of this section, or another approved exposure time used in relationship with a combination of temperature, concentration, and pH that yields sanitization.

TABLE I

MANUAL AND MECHANICAL WAREWASHING

CHEMICAL SANITIZER, EXPOSURE TIME, TEMPERATURE, pH,

CONCENTRATION, HARDNESS

Chemical Minimum

Concentration

(in ppm)

Minimum

Temperature

(in °F) Exposure

Time (in

seconds) pH

Maximum

Hardness

(in mg/l)

Chlorine

120

10 or less

n/a

Chlorine

100

10 or less

n/a

Chlorine

8 or less

n/a

Chlorine

100

n/a

Iodine

12.5 - 25

5.0, or less,

or no

higher

than level

specified

by manu-

facturer

n/a

Quaternay

Ammonium

Compound

As specified

in 40 CFR

180.940, ad-

opted by ref-

erence in 18

AAC 31.011

n/a

500, or no

greater than speci-

fied by manufac-

turer

"n/a" means not applicable; "mg/l" means milligrams per liter

(b) If chemicals are used to sanitize, a test kit, test strips, or another device, such as a temperature measuring device, must be provided and used often to ensure compliance with the concentration and temperature specified in Table I of this section.

18 AAC 31.424

Eff. 12/28/2006, Register 180

Information about how to receive or obtain a copy of a requirement referred to in 18 AAC 31.424 and adopted by reference in 18 AAC 31.011 is set out in the editor's note to 18 AAC 31.011.

Authority:AS 17.20.005

AS 17.20.020

AS 17.20.072

AS 17.20.180

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