Conn. Agencies Regs. § 19-13-B52 - Food or beverage vending machine operations
No person, firm or corporation shall operate or maintain within the state any self-service vending machine offered for public use which, upon insertion of a coin, coins or token or by other means, dispenses unit servings of food or beverages, either in bulk or package, without replenishing the device between each vending operation, except after compliance with the following requirements:
(a) All foods,
beverages and ingredients offered for sale through vending machines shall be
manufactured, processed and prepared in establishments which comply with all
applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. All packaged foods or
beverages shall be labeled in compliance with the Uniform Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act* as to contents and source. A clearly identifiable plate or tag
indicating the name and address of the person, firm or corporation responsible
for service shall be attached in a conspicuous place to any vending machine in
use.
*G.S. Ch. 342
(b) All foods, beverages and ingredients
offered for sale through vending machines shall be wholesome and free from
spoilage, contamination and adulteration.
(c) Prior to sanitary storage in a vending
machine, all foods, beverages, and ingredients, including accessory foods and
implements, shall be stored or packaged in clean protective containers and
shall be handled, transported and vended in a sanitary manner. Wet storage of
package products is prohibited.
(d)
* * * Potentially hazardous food or drink (examples are
custard-filled and cream-filled pastries, milk and milk products, egg products,
meat, fish, fowl, shellfish, gravy, and those sauces, dressings, stuffings and
salads, which contain meat, fish, fowl, eggs, milk or milk products) offered
for sale through vending machines shall be dispensed to the consumer in the
individual original container or wrapper into which it was placed at the plant
of the manufacturer, processor or distributor, or such products shall be
dispensed into single service containers. In those vending machines dispensing
* * * potentially hazardous foods, beverages or ingredients in
bulk, the bulk supplies of such foods, beverages or ingredients shall be
transferred only to a bulk vending machine container and appurtenances which
are clean and have been subjected to an approved * * *
sanitizing process. * * * Potentially
hazardous foods or ingredients within the vending machine shall be
maintained at a temperature * * * of 45°F., or
below or a temperature of 140°F or above. Vending machines dispensing
* * * potentially hazardous foods shall be provided with
controls which insure the maintenance of said temperatures at all times;
provided an exception may be made for the actual time required to fill or
otherwise service the machine and for a maximum recovery period of thirty
minutes following completion of filling or servicing operations and for the
period of heating refrigerated foods to be served hot. Such controls shall also
place the machine in an inoperative condition until serviced by the operator,
in the event of power failure or other condition which permits the food storage
compartment to attain a temperature above 45°F. or below 140°F., whichever is
applicable. Vending machines dispensing * * * potentially
hazardous food shall be provided with a thermometer which, to an
accuracy of plus or minus 2°F., indicates the air temperature of the food
storage compartment. In case of any shut-down of the temperature regulating
equipment for a period longer than two hours or in any case where * * *
potentially hazardous food has been adversely affected by
change of temperature following a shut-down, * * * potentially
hazardous food shall be removed from the vending machine and
discarded. * * * Potentially hazardous foods and beverages
while in transit shall be maintained at a temperature not higher than 45°F. or
not lower than 140°F., whichever is applicable.
(e) Milk and fluid milk products offered for
sale through vending machines shall be dispensed only in individual, original
containers or from bulk containers into which such product was placed at the
milk plant; provided, in the case of vending machines that use fluid milk
products as an ingredient in hot liquid foods or beverages, such milk product
may be transferred at the machine location from the individual, original
container of not more than one-half gallon capacity to a vending machine bulk
container which is clean and has been subjected to an approved * * *
sanitizing process in accordance with subsection (g), * * *
and provided in such transfer the entire contents of the
individual, original container shall be used.
(f) All multi-use parts of any bulk milk
vending machine which come into direct contact with the milk or milk product
shall be effectively cleaned and * * * sanitized at the milk
plant; provided single-service dispensing tubes which receive * * *
sanitizing treatment at the fabricating plant and which are
individually packaged in such manner as to preclude contamination are exempted
from this provision. The can or other bulk milk container shall be filled only
at the milk plant and shall be sealed with two seals in such manner as to make
it impossible to withdraw any part of its contents without breaking one seal
and make it impractical to introduce any substance without breaking the other
seal. The delivery tube and any milk contact parts of the dispensing device
shall be attached at the milk plant and shall be protected by a moisture-proof
covering or housed in a compartment with a moisture-tight closure, which shall
not be removed until after the container is placed in the refrigerated
compartment of the vending machine.
(g) With the exception of product contact
surfaces of bulk milk vending machines for which separate provisions for
cleaning and * * * sanitizing are specified in subsection (f),
all multi-use containers or parts of vending machines which come into direct
contact with * * * potentially hazardous foods, beverages or
ingredients shall be removed from the machine daily and shall be thoroughly
cleaned and effectively subjected to an approved * * *
sanitizing process at the plant of the producer or distributor
or other approved facility; provided the requirement for daily cleaning and * *
* sanitizing treatment may be waived for those contact surfaces which are
maintained at all times at a temperature of not higher than 45°F. or at a
temperature of not lower than 140°F., whichever is applicable. * * * Contact
surfaces shall receive such periodic cleaning and * * *
sanitizing treatment as may be necessary. All parts, after
cleaning and * * * sanitizing treatment, shall be protected
from contamination.
(h) All parts
of vending machines which come into direct contact with other than * * *
potentially hazardous foods shall be thoroughly cleaned and
subjected to * * * sanitizing treatment.
(i) All single service containers, which
receive food or beverage from machines dispensing such products in bulk, shall
be purchased in sanitary cartons or packages which protect the containers from
contamination, shall be stored in a clean dry place until used and shall be
handled in a sanitary manner. Such containers shall be stored in the original
carton or package in which they were placed at the point of manufacture until
introduced into the container magazine or dispenser of the vending machine.
Single service containers stored within the vending machine shall be protected
from manual contact, dust, insects, rodents and other contamination.
(j) Each vending machine shall be located in
a well-lighted room, area, or space which can be maintained in a clean
condition and which is protected from overhead leakage from drains and piping
or other contamination. Each vending machine shall be located
so that the space around and under the machine can be readily cleaned and so
that insect and rodent harborage is not created.
(k) The floor area upon which vending
machines are located shall be in good repair, reasonably
smooth and of cleanable construction, and be capable of withstanding repeated
washing and scrubbing. This space and the immediate surroundings of each
vending machine shall be maintained in a clean condition.
(l) The exterior construction of the vending
machine shall be such as to facilitate cleaning and to minimize the entrance of
insects and rodents, and the exterior of the machine shall be kept clean.
Service connections shall be such as to protect against unintentional or
accidental interruption of service to the machine.
(m) All interior surface and component parts
of the vending machine shall be so designed and constructed as to permit easy
cleaning, and shall be kept clean. All product contact surfaces of the machine
shall be of smooth, nontoxic, corrosion resistant, and relatively nonabsorbent
material, and shall be capable of withstanding repeated cleaning and * * *
sanitizing treatment by normal procedures. Such
surfaces shall be protected against contamination.
(n) Water used in vending machines shall be
of a safe and sanitary quality.
(o)
In all vending machines which dispense carbonated beverages and which are
connected to a water supply system, the ingredient water contact surfaces from
the check valves or other protective device downstream, including the device
itself, shall be of such materials as to preclude the production of toxic
substances which might result from interaction with carbon dioxide or
carbonated water. Materials such as copper, lead, zinc or cadmium are not
acceptable.
(p) All wastes shall be
properly disposed of and, pending disposition, shall be kept in suitable
containers so as to prevent creating a nuisance.
(q) Foods, beverages and ingredients, and
product contact surfaces of containers, equipment and supplies, shall be
protected from contamination while in transit to machine location.
(r) Employees shall keep their hands clean
and shall wear clean outer garments while engaged in handling foods or
beverages or product contact surfaces of utensils or equipment. No such
employee shall resume work after using the toilet room without first washing
his hands.
(s) No person, firm or
corporation shall operate vending machines as herein described in any town,
city or borough without local permits or licenses if such permits or licenses
are required by local ordinances, or otherwise without notification of local
directors of health of towns, cities or boroughs in which vending machines are
located of the name and business address of the operator and the location of
the machines. Machines vending only beverages in sealed cans or bottles, other
than milk or milk products, are excepted from such notification.
(t) The operator of any food or beverage
vending machine shall make provision for the local director of health or his
representative to have access, either in company with an employee or otherwise,
to the interior of all vending machines operated by him. The operator shall
promptly comply with a request from the local director of health for such
access or inspection.
(u) When so
ordered by a local director of health, a vending machine failing to meet the
requirements of this regulation shall be removed by any person, firm or
corporation operating or maintaining such vending machine.
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