Minnesota Administrative Rules

4626.0615 VENDING MACHINES; AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF. 4-204.111

A.

A machine vending TCS food must have an automatic control that prevents the machine from vending food:

(1)

if there is a power failure, mechanical failure, or other condition that results in an internal machine temperature that cannot maintain food temperatures as specified in parts 4626.0370 and 4626.0395;_P1 and

(2)

if a condition specified in this part occurs, until the machine is serviced and restocked with food that has been maintained at temperatures specified in parts 4626.0370 and 4626.0395._P1

B.

When the automatic shutoff within a machine vending TCS food is activated:

(1)

in a refrigerated vending machine, the ambient air temperature must not exceed 41 degrees F (5 degrees C) for more than 30 minutes immediately after the machine is filled, serviced, or restocked;_P1 or

(2)

in a hot holding vending machine, the ambient air temperature must not be less than 135 degrees F (57 degrees C) for more than 120 minutes immediately after the machine is filled, serviced, or restocked._P1

Statutory Authority:

MS s 31.101; 31.11; 144.05; 144.07; 144.08; 144.12; 157.011

History:

23 SR 519; 43 SR 295

Published Electronically:

January 2, 2019