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

Mechanical warewashing equipment - hot water sanitization temperatures.

(1)

In a mechanical operation, the temperature of the fresh hot water sanitizing rinse as it enters the manifold cannot be more than one hundred ninety-four degrees Fahrenheit (ninety degrees Celsius), or less than:

(a)

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

(b)

For all other machines, one hundred eighty degrees Fahrenheit (eighty-two degrees Celsius).

(2)

The maximum temperatures specified in this paragraph do not apply to the high pressure and temperature systems with wand-type, hand-held, spraying devices used for the in-place cleaning and sanitizing of equipment such as meat saws.