3717-1-04.8(B) Equipment, utensils, and linens: protection of clean items

Wiping cloths - air-drying locations. Wiping cloths laundered in a food service operation or retail food establishment that does not have a mechanical clothes dryer as specified in paragraph (E) of rule 3717-1-04.2 of the Administrative Code are to be air-dried in a location and in a manner that prevents contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service articles, or single-use articles, and the wiping cloths. This paragraph does not apply if wiping cloths are stored after laundering in a sanitizing solution as specified under paragraph (N) of rule 3717-1-04.4 of the Administrative Code.