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GUIDELINES
FOR DESIGNING A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
- Bulk food modules
shall be designed with close fitting, self-closing, individual covers
and a method for storing product scoops. All bins shall be easily
cleanable and designed so that they can be removed individually for
cleaning. (Page 16)
- Ice for consumer
use shall be dispensed only by employees with scoops, tongs or other
dispensing utensils or through automatic self-service ice dispensing
equipment designed so that the consumer does not come into manual
contact with the bulk ice. (Page 17)
- Multi-use equipment
and utensils shall be constructed and repaired with safe materials,
including finishing materials; shall be corrosion resistant and shall
be non-absorbent; and shall be smooth, easily cleanable and durable
under conditions of normal use. Page 20)
- The use of wood
in a facility is restricted to cutting blocks, cutting boards, bakers
tables, and surfaces which contact raw fruits, raw vegetables and
nuts in the shell. (Page 21)
- All equipment
and utensils, including plastic wear, shall be designed and fabricated
for durability under conditions of normal use; shall be made from
safe materials and shall be resistant to denting, buckling, pitting,
chipping and crazing. (Page 21)
- Food contact
surfaces shall be easily cleanable, smooth and free of breaks, open
seams, cracks, chips, pits and similar imperfections and free of difficult
to clean internal corners and crevices. (Page 22)
- Sinks and drainboards
shall be sloped to drain and be self draining. (Page 22, 31)
- Food product
thermometers shall be provided in establishments which prepare or
process potentially hazardous food products. (Page 14)
- Ventilation hoods
shall be installed to prevent grease or condensation from collecting
on walls and ceilings, and shall be designed to be easily cleanable.
(Page 23)
- Equipment shall
be installed so that it may either be moved for ease of cleaning or
shall be installed to allow at least (1) six inches clearance between
the floor and the equipment or (2) four inches between the table and
equipment, for table mounted equipment. (Page 24, 25)
- Wiping cloths
shall be stored in the sanitizing solution as outlined in Section
5-103h. (Page 29, 30)
- A three (3) compartment
equipment washing sink with dual drainboards which are self draining
is required in any establishment handling unpackaged food products.
These sinks shall be large enough to accommodate the emersion of most
equipment and utensils
- and each compartment
of the sink shall be supplied with hot and cold potable running water.
(Page 27-28)
- Chemical test
kits or other devices that measure the parts per million concentration
of the sanitizer shall be provided and used. (Page 31)
- Mechanical cleaning
and sanitizing shall be installed according to requirements. (Page
31-33)
- All food, equipment
and single service articles shall be stored at least six inches above
the floor on easily moveable dollies, skids, racks, or open ended
pallets. Such storage shall not be under exposed or unprotected sewer
lines or water lines that are leaking
- or on which condensed
water has accumulated. (Page 34)
- Food, equipment,
utensils, or single service articles shall not be stored in locker
rooms, toilet rooms or their vestibules, garbage rooms or mechanical
rooms. (Page 35)
- All equipment
and utensil washing sinks, food preparations sinks, hand sinks and
janitorial sinks shall be supplied with hot and cold water under pressure.
(Page 35)
- All sewage, including
liquid waste, shall be disposed of by a public sewage system or by
a sewage disposal system constructed, maintained and operated according
to state and local health department requirements. (Page 36)
- Plumbing shall
be sized, installed and maintained according to the Utah State Plumbing
Code. (Page 36)
- There shall be
no cross connection between the potable water supply and any non-potable
or questionable water supply. (Page 36)
- Devices shall
be installed to protect against back flow and back siphonage at all
fixtures and equipment where an air gap at least twice the diameter
of the water system inlet is not provided between the water supply
inlets and the fixtures flood level rim. No hose shall be attached
to a faucet that is not equipped with a back siphonage prevention
device. (Page 37)
- Culinary sinks
used for the washing, soaking or the preparing of food shall be indirectly
drained. (Page 37)
- Toilet facilities
shall be installed and of the number required by the Utah State Plumbing
Code. They shall be conveniently located and shall be accessible to
employees at all times. They shall be completely enclosed and shall
have tight fitting, self closing solid doors, except for louvers that
may be necessary for ventilation systems. (Page 38)
- Toilet rooms
shall not open directly into a food processing area. (Page 38)
- Hand washing
facilities shall be installed according to the Utah State Plumbing
Code and shall be at least one, and not less than the number required
by the Utah State Plumbing Code. (Page 39)
- There shall be
a hand washing facility in all food preparation areas; and, in or
immediately adjacent to toilet rooms or their vestibules. (Page 39)
- Sinks used for
food preparation or for warewashing shall not be used for washing
of hands or for any other purpose. (Page 39)
- Hand washing
facilities shall be provided with hot and cold water tempered by means
of a mixing valve or combination faucet.
- Garbage and refuse
shall be held in durable, easily cleanable insect resistant and rodent
resistant containers that do not leak and do not absorb liquids. (Page
40)
- These containers
shall be of a sufficient number to hold all the garbage and refuse
that accumulates. Where garbage and refuse is burned on the premises,
it shall be done by controlled incineration in accordance with state
and local requirements. (Page 41)
- Conduits and
pipes shall be built into walls, floors and ceilings so as to not
create an uncleanable surface. (Page 44, 45)
- Properly installed
and trapped floor drains shall be provided in areas where floors are
water flushed or pressure spray cleaning methods are used. (Page 43)
- Floors and floor
coverings of all food preparation, food storage and warewashing areas
and floors of all walk-in refrigerators, dressing rooms, locker rooms,
toilet rooms and vestibules shall be constructed of smooth, durable
materials, such as sealed concrete, terrazzo, quarry tile, ceramic
tile, durable grades of vinyl, asbestos, or plastic tile, or tight
fitting wood impregnated with plastic and shall be maintained in good
repair. (Page 42, 43)
- The floor wall
junctures in food processing areas shall be coved for easy cleaning.
(Page 43)
- Walls, wall coverings
and ceilings of walk-in refrigeration units, food preparation areas,
including areas used for storing open or dusty food products, warewashing
areas and toilet rooms and their vestibules shall be smooth, non-absorbent
and easily cleanable. (Page 45)
- Concrete or pumice
blocks and bricks used for interior wall construction in these locations
shall be finished and sealed to provide a smooth, easily cleanable
surface. (Page 45)
- At last one service
sink or curbed cleaning facility with a floor drain shall be provided
and used for the cleaning of mops or similar wet floor cleaning tools
and for the disposal of mop water or similar liquid waste. (page 46)
- Permanently fixed,
artificial light sources shall be installed to provided at least 20
foot candles of light on all food preparation surfaces and at warewashing
work levels. Additionally, at a distance of 30 inches from the floor,
there shall be at least:
- 20 foot candles
of light in sales areas, utensil and equipment storage areas and
in hand washing and toilet areas;
- At least
10 foot candles of light in walk-in refrigeration units, dry food
storage areas and in all other areas. (Page 46-47)
- Lamps located
over or within food storage, food preparation and food display facilities
and facilities where utensils and equipment are cleaned and stored
shall be shielded or otherwise shatter resistant. (Page 47)
- All rooms shall
have sufficient ventilation to keep them free of excessive heat, steam,
condensation, vapors, obnoxious odors, smoke and fumes. Ventilation
systems shall be installed and operated according to state and local
requirements. (Page 47)
- If employees
routinely change clothes within the establishment, rooms or areas
shall be designated and used for that purpose. Lockers or other suitable
facilities shall be provided and used for the orderly storage of employee's
clothing and other belongings. Page 48)
- Outside garbage
and refuse containers shall be stored on a hard, easily cleanable
surface. (Page 50)
- The walking and
driving surfaces of all exterior areas of food establishments shall
be surfaced with concrete, asphalt or with gravel or similar material
effectively treated to facilitate maintenance and minimize dust. (Page
51)
- No operation
of a food establishment shall be conducted in any room used as living
or sleeping quarters. (Page 51)
- Laundry facilities
in a food establishment shall be done in separate rooms except that
such operations may be conducted in storage rooms containing only
packaged food and packaged single service articles. Only linens and
work clothes used in the operation shall be laundered in the laundry
facilities provided on the premises. (Page 51)
- Clean and soiled
work clothes and linens including articles such as wiping cloths shall
be stored in a clean place and protected from contamination until
used. (Page 51)
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