D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-A1523

Current through Register 71, No. 45, November 7, 2024

Rule 25-A1523 - FUNCTIONALITY - VENDING MACHINES, AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF

1523.1

A machine vending potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) shall have an automatic control that prevents the machine from vending food if there is a power failure, mechanical failure, or other condition that results in an internal machine temperature that cannot maintain food temperatures as specified in Chapters 6 through 13 ^P , and until the machine is serviced and restocked with food that has been maintained at temperatures specified in Chapters 6 through 13. ^P

1523.2

When the automatic shutoff within a machine vending potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) is activated:

(a) In a refrigerated vending machine, the ambient air temperature may not exceed five degrees Celsius (5° C) (forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (41° F)) for more than thirty (30) minutes immediately after the machine is filled, serviced, or restocked;^P or

(b) In a hot holding vending machine, the ambient air temperature may not be less than fifty-seven degrees Celsius (57° C) (one hundred thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit (135° F)) for more than one hundred twenty (120) minutes immediately after the machine is filled, serviced, or restocked. ^P

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-A1523

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012)

Authority: Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246: D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor's Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor's Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.