PDFWAC 246-215-04945

Preventing contamination—Rinsing equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing (FDA Food Code 4-904.14).

After being cleaned and sanitized, equipment and utensils may 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 WAC 246-215-04226 through 246-215-04270 and 246-215-04500 through 246-215-04575; 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: RCW 43.20.050 and 43.20.145. WSR 21-01-122, § 246-215-04945, filed 12/15/20, effective 3/1/22; WSR 13-03-109, § 246-215-04945, filed 1/17/13, effective 5/1/13.]