Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 13-B › Chapter II - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Food or Beverage Vending Machine Operations › Section 19-13-B52 - Food or beverage vending machine operations

Current through July 10, 2024
No person, firm or corporation shall operate or maintain
					 within the state any self-service vending machine offered for public use which,
					 upon insertion of a coin, coins or token or by other means, dispenses unit
					 servings of food or beverages, either in bulk or package, without replenishing
					 the device between each vending operation, except after compliance with the
					 following requirements:
(a) All foods,
				  beverages and ingredients offered for sale through vending machines shall be
				  manufactured, processed and prepared in establishments which comply with all
				  applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. All packaged foods or
				  beverages shall be labeled in compliance with the Uniform Food, Drug and
				  Cosmetic Act* as to contents and source. A clearly identifiable plate or tag
				  indicating the name and address of the person, firm or corporation responsible
				  for service shall be attached in a conspicuous place to any vending machine in
				  use.
*G.S. Ch. 342
(b) All foods, beverages and ingredients
				  offered for sale through vending machines shall be wholesome and free from
				  spoilage, contamination and adulteration.
(c) Prior to sanitary storage in a vending
				  machine, all foods, beverages, and ingredients, including accessory foods and
				  implements, shall be stored or packaged in clean protective containers and
				  shall be handled, transported and vended in a sanitary manner. Wet storage of
				  package products is prohibited.
(d)
				  * * *
Potentially hazardous
food or drink (examples are
				  custard-filled and cream-filled pastries, milk and milk products, egg products,
				  meat, fish, fowl, shellfish, gravy, and those sauces, dressings, stuffings and
				  salads, which contain meat, fish, fowl, eggs, milk or milk products) offered
				  for sale through vending machines shall be dispensed to the consumer in the
				  individual original container or wrapper into which it was placed at the plant
				  of the manufacturer, processor or distributor, or such products shall be
				  dispensed into single service containers. In those vending machines dispensing
				  * * *
potentially hazardous
foods, beverages or ingredients in
				  bulk, the bulk supplies of such foods, beverages or ingredients shall be
				  transferred only to a bulk vending machine container and appurtenances which
				  are clean and have been subjected to an approved * * *
sanitizing
process. * * *
Potentially
				  hazardous
foods or ingredients within the vending machine shall be
				  maintained at a temperature * * *
of 45
°
F., or
				  below
or a temperature of 140°F or above. Vending machines dispensing
				  * * *
potentially hazardous
foods shall be provided with
				  controls which insure the maintenance of said temperatures at all times;
				  provided an exception may be made for the actual time required to fill or
				  otherwise service the machine and for a maximum recovery period of thirty
				  minutes following completion of filling or servicing operations and for the
				  period of heating refrigerated foods to be served hot. Such controls shall also
				  place the machine in an inoperative condition until serviced by the operator,
				  in the event of power failure or other condition which permits the food storage
				  compartment to attain a temperature above 45°F. or below 140°F., whichever is
				  applicable. Vending machines dispensing * * *
potentially
				  hazardous
food shall be provided with a thermometer which, to an
				  accuracy of plus or minus 2°F., indicates the air temperature of the food
				  storage compartment. In case of any shut-down of the temperature regulating
				  equipment for a period longer than two hours or in any case where * * *
potentially hazardous
food has been adversely affected by
				  change of temperature following a shut-down, * * *
potentially
				  hazardous
food shall be removed from the vending machine and
				  discarded. * * *
Potentially hazardous
foods and beverages
				  while in transit shall be maintained at a temperature not higher than 45°F. or
				  not lower than 140°F.,
whichever is applicable.
(e) Milk and fluid milk products offered for
				  sale through vending machines shall be dispensed only in individual, original
				  containers or from bulk containers into which such product was placed at the
				  milk plant; provided, in the case of vending machines that use fluid milk
				  products as an ingredient in hot liquid foods or beverages, such milk product
				  may be transferred at the machine location from the individual, original
				  container of not more than one-half gallon capacity to a vending machine bulk
				  container which is clean and has been subjected to an approved * * *
sanitizing
process in accordance with subsection (g), * * *
and provided
in such transfer the entire contents of the
				  individual, original container
shall be
used.
(f) All multi-use parts of any bulk milk
				  vending machine which come into direct contact with the milk or milk product
				  shall be effectively cleaned and * * *
sanitized
at the milk
				  plant; provided single-service dispensing tubes which receive * * *
sanitizing
treatment at the fabricating plant and which are
				  individually packaged in such manner as to preclude contamination are exempted
				  from this provision. The can or other bulk milk container shall be filled only
				  at the milk plant and shall be sealed with two seals in such manner as to make
				  it impossible to withdraw any part of its contents without breaking one seal
				  and make it impractical to introduce any substance without breaking the other
				  seal. The delivery tube and any milk contact parts of the dispensing device
				  shall be attached at the milk plant and shall be protected by a moisture-proof
				  covering or housed in a compartment with a moisture-tight closure, which shall
				  not be removed until after the container is placed in the refrigerated
				  compartment of the vending machine.
(g) With the exception of product contact
				  surfaces of bulk milk vending machines for which separate provisions for
				  cleaning and * * *
sanitizing
are specified in subsection (f),
				  all multi-use containers or parts of vending machines which come into direct
				  contact with * * *
potentially hazardous
foods, beverages or
				  ingredients shall be removed from the machine daily and shall be thoroughly
				  cleaned and effectively subjected to an approved * * *
sanitizing
process at the plant of the producer or distributor
				  or other approved facility; provided the requirement for daily cleaning and * *
				  * sanitizing treatment may be waived for those contact surfaces which are
				  maintained at all times at a temperature of not higher than 45°F. or at a
				  temperature of not lower than 140°F., whichever is applicable. * * * Contact
				  surfaces shall receive such periodic cleaning and * * *
sanitizing
treatment as may be necessary. All parts, after
				  cleaning and * * *
sanitizing
treatment, shall be protected
				  from contamination.
(h) All parts
				  of vending machines which come into direct contact with other than * * *
potentially hazardous
foods shall be thoroughly cleaned and
				  subjected to * * *
sanitizing
treatment.
(i) All single service containers, which
				  receive food or beverage from machines dispensing such products in bulk, shall
				  be purchased in sanitary cartons or packages which protect the containers from
				  contamination, shall be stored in a clean dry place until used and shall be
				  handled in a sanitary manner. Such containers shall be stored in the original
				  carton or package in which they were placed at the point of manufacture until
				  introduced into the container magazine or dispenser of the vending machine.
				  Single service containers stored within the vending machine shall be protected
				  from manual contact, dust, insects, rodents and other contamination.
(j) Each vending machine shall be located in
				  a well-lighted room, area, or space which can be maintained in a clean
				  condition and which is protected from overhead leakage from drains and piping
or other contamination.
Each vending machine shall be located
				  so that the space around and under the machine can be readily cleaned and so
				  that insect and rodent harborage is not created.
(k) The floor area upon which vending
				  machines are located shall be
in good repair,
reasonably
				  smooth and of cleanable construction, and be capable of withstanding repeated
				  washing and scrubbing. This space and the immediate surroundings of each
				  vending machine shall be maintained in a clean condition.
(l) The exterior construction of the vending
				  machine shall be such as to facilitate cleaning and to minimize the entrance of
				  insects and rodents, and the exterior of the machine shall be kept clean.
				  Service connections shall be such as to protect against unintentional or
				  accidental interruption of service to the machine.
(m) All interior surface and component parts
				  of the vending machine shall be so designed and constructed as to permit easy
				  cleaning, and shall be kept clean. All product contact surfaces of the machine
				  shall be of smooth, nontoxic, corrosion resistant, and relatively nonabsorbent
				  material, and shall be capable of withstanding repeated cleaning and * * *
sanitizing
treatment by normal procedures.
Such
				  surfaces
shall be protected against contamination.
(n) Water used in vending machines shall be
				  of a safe and sanitary quality.
(o)
				  In all vending machines which dispense carbonated beverages and which are
				  connected to a water supply system, the ingredient water contact surfaces from
				  the check valves or other protective device downstream, including the device
				  itself, shall be of such materials as to preclude the production of toxic
				  substances which might result from interaction with carbon dioxide or
				  carbonated water. Materials such as copper, lead, zinc or cadmium are not
				  acceptable.
(p) All wastes shall be
				  properly disposed of and, pending disposition, shall be kept in suitable
				  containers so as to prevent creating a nuisance.
(q) Foods, beverages and ingredients, and
				  product contact surfaces of containers, equipment and supplies, shall be
				  protected from contamination while in transit to machine location.
(r) Employees shall keep their hands clean
				  and shall wear clean outer garments while engaged in handling foods or
				  beverages or product contact surfaces of utensils or equipment. No such
				  employee shall resume work after using the toilet room without first washing
				  his hands.
(s) No person, firm or
				  corporation shall operate vending machines as herein described in any town,
				  city or borough without local permits or licenses if such permits or licenses
				  are required by local ordinances, or otherwise without notification of local
				  directors of health of towns, cities or boroughs in which vending machines are
				  located of the name and business address of the operator and the location of
				  the machines. Machines vending only beverages in sealed cans or bottles, other
				  than milk or milk products, are excepted from such notification.
(t) The operator of any food or beverage
				  vending machine shall make provision for the local director of health or his
				  representative to have access, either in company with an employee or otherwise,
				  to the interior of all vending machines operated by him. The operator shall
				  promptly comply with a request from the local director of health for such
				  access or inspection.
(u) When so
				  ordered by a local director of health, a vending machine failing to meet the
				  requirements of this regulation shall be removed by any person, firm or
				  corporation operating or maintaining such vending machine.
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