3717-1-04.1(Y) Equipment, utensils, and linens: design and construction

Vending machines - automatic shutoff.

(1)

A machine vending time/temperature controlled for safety food is to have an automatic control that prevents the machine from vending food:

(a)

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 under rule 3717-1-03.4 of the Administrative Code; and

(b)

If a condition specified under paragraph (Y)(1)(a) of this rule occurs, until the machine is serviced and restocked with food that has been maintained at temperatures specified under rule 3717-1-03.4 of the Administrative Code.

(2)

When the automatic shutoff within a machine vending time/temperature controlled for safety food is activated:

(a)

In a refrigerated vending machine, the ambient temperature cannot exceed forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) for more than thirty minutes immediately after the machine is filled, serviced, or restocked; or

(b)

In a hot holding vending machine, the ambient temperature cannot be less than one hundred thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit (fifty-seven degrees Celsius) for more than one hundred twenty minutes immediately after the machine is filled, serviced, or restocked.