Minnesota Administrative Rules
4626.1270 5-501.19 STORAGE AREAS, REDEEMING MACHINES, EQUIPMENT, AND RECEPTACLES; LOCATION.
A.
An area designated for refuse, recyclables, returnables, and, except as specified in item B, a redeeming machine for recyclables or returnables shall be located so that it is separate from food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service and single-use articles and a nuisance or a public health hazard is not created.
B.
A redeeming machine may be located in the packaged food storage area or consumer area of a food establishment if food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service and single-use articles are not subject to contamination from the machine and a public health hazard or nuisance is not created.
C.
The location of receptacles and waste handling units for refuse, recyclables, and returnables shall not create a public health hazard or nuisance or interfere with the cleaning of adjacent space.
History:
23 SR 519
Published Electronically:
October 11, 2007
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes