North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter A - SANITATION › Section .3600 - RULES GOVERNING THE SANITATION OF RESIDENT CAMPS › Section 18A .3628 - FOOD SERVICE UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) In
				  Resident Camps, all eating, drinking, cooking utensils, tables, sinks,
				  cabinets, hoods, shelves, equipment, fixtures and other items used in
				  connection with the preparation of food shall be kept clean and in good
				  repair.
(b) All surfaces with which
				  food or drink come in contact shall consist of smooth, not readily corrodible,
				  non-toxic materials in which there are no open cracks or joints that will
				  collect food particles and slime, and shall be kept clean.
(c) Shelves, tables and counters shall not be
				  covered with paper, cardboard, oilcloth or other absorbent material, and shall
				  be free of crevices. Dining table linen or similar dining table coverings, if
				  used, shall be kept clean and in good repair.
(d) Equipment placed into operation after the
				  effective date of the rule, and all dishwashing facilities shall meet NSF/ANSI
				  food equipment standards. Food service equipment that is certified for
				  sanitation by an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited
				  program shall be approved. NSF/ANSI food equipment standards are incorporated
				  by reference including subsequent amendments and editions. These standards may
				  be obtained from ANSI, 1819 L Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, at a
				  cost of six-hundred sixty-five dollars ($665.00) and are also available for
				  inspection at the Division of Environmental Health, 1632 Mail Service Center,
				  Raleigh, NC 27699-1632. If equipment is not listed by an ANSI accredited
				  education service program, the owner or operator shall submit documentation to
				  the Department that demonstrates that the equipment is at least equivalent to
				  ANSI sanitation standards. In doing so, if the components of the equipment are
				  the same as those meeting ANSI sanitation standards, then the Department shall
				  deem the equipment equivalent. For purposes of the rules of this Section,
				  toasters, mixers, microwave ovens, hot water heaters and hoods shall not be
				  considered to be equipment and shall not be required to meet ANSI sanitation
				  standards. Limited resident camps are exempt from this Rule except for required
				  dishwashing facilities. All existing equipment, excluding dishwashing
				  facilities, not in compliance with this Rule must be brought into compliance by
				  May 1, 2012.
(e) Single-use
				  articles such as formed buckets, bread wrappers, aluminum pie plates and No. 10
				  cans shall be used only once except that containers made of plastic, glass or
				  other smooth, not readily corrodible, non-toxic materials having smooth sides
				  and of a construction that can be easily cleaned may be reused.
(f) Beverage dispensers installed or replaced
				  after the effective date of this Rule shall be designed to avoid activation by
				  the lip of a cup or glass when these dispensers are used to refill cups or
				  glasses.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-235;
					 130A-248;
Eff.
					 October 1, 2007;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. July 20,
					 2019.