PDFWAC 246-215-04405

Installation—Fixed equipment, spacing or sealing (FDA Food Code 4-402.11).

(1) equipment that is fixed because it is not easily movable must be installed so that it is:
(a) Spaced to allow access for cleaning along the sides, behind, and above the equipment;
(b) Spaced from adjoining equipment, walls, and ceilings a distance of not more than one thirty-second inch (1 mm); or
(c) sealed to adjoining equipment or walls, if the equipment is exposed to spilling or seepage.
(2) counter-mounted equipment that is not easily movable must be installed to allow cleaning of the equipment and areas underneath and around the equipment by being:
(a) sealed; or
(b) Elevated on legs as specified under WAC 246-215-04410.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050 and 43.20.145. WSR 21-01-122, § 246-215-04405, filed 12/15/20, effective 3/1/22; WSR 13-03-109, § 246-215-04405, filed 1/17/13, effective 5/1/13.]