3717-1-04.6(C)(3) Equipment, utensils, and linens: sanitizing of equipment and utensils

Chemical manual or mechanical operations, including the application of sanitizing chemicals by immersion, manual swabbing, brushing, or pressure spraying methods, using a solution as specified under paragraph (N) of rule 3717-1-04.4 of the Administrative Code by providing:

(a)

Except as specified under paragraph (C)(3)(b) of this rule, a contact time of at least ten seconds for a chlorine solution specified under paragraph (N)(1) of rule 3717-1-04.4 of the Administrative Code;

(b)

A contact time of at least seven seconds for a chlorine solution of fifty ppm (mg/L) that has a pH of ten or less and a temperature of at least one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (thirty-eight degrees Celsius) or a pH of eight or less and a temperature of at least seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit (twenty-four degrees Celsius);

(c)

A contact time of at least thirty seconds for other chemical sanitizing solutions; or

(d)

A contact time used in relationship with a combination of temperature, concentration, and pH that, when evaluated for efficacy, yields sanitization.