3717-1-04.4(J) Equipment, utensils, and linens: maintenance and operation

Mechanical warewashing equipment - wash solution temperature.

(1)

The temperature of the wash solution in spray type warewashers that use hot water to sanitize is not permitted to be less than:

(a)

For a stationary rack, single temperature machine, one hundred sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit (seventy-four degrees Celsius);

(b)

For a stationary rack, dual temperature machine, one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (sixty-six degrees Celsius);

(c)

For a single tank, conveyor, dual temperature machine, one hundred sixty degrees Fahrenheit (seventy-one degrees Celsius); or

(d)

For a multitank, conveyor, multitemperature machine, one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (sixty-six degrees Celsius).

(2)

The temperature of the wash solution in spray-type warewashers that use chemicals to sanitize is not permitted to be less than one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (forty-nine degrees Celsius).