As used herein, the following terms shall have
the following, meanings indicated:
The room, enclosure, space or area where one or more vending
machines are installed and operated.
The use of any written, printed or graphic matter upon or
accompanying products or containers dispensed from vending machines,
including signs or placards displayed in relation to such products
so dispensed, which is false or misleading or which violates any applicable
local, state or federal labeling requirements.
Any self-service device which, upon insertion of a coin,
coins, token or tokens or by other similar means, dispenses food,
beverage or ice, either in bulk or package, without the necessity
of replenishing the device between each vending operation.
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 machines. The vending machine magazine
or dispenser shall protect the food-contact surface of single-service
articles from manual contact, dust, insects, rodents and other contamination.
A.
All vending machines used for dispensing of food and
beverages shall be of a design and construction equivalent to or in
excess of the standards approved by the National Automatic Merchandising
Association or the National Sanitation Foundation.
B.
All vending machines shall be mounted on legs six
inches or more in height or mounted on casters or rollers or mounted
on gliders to permit them to be easily moved unless the machine is
effectively sealed to the floor.
C.
All service connections through an exterior wall of
the machine including water, gas, electrical and refrigeration connections,
shall be grommeted or sealed to prevent the entrance of insects and
rodents.
D.
The non-product-contact surfaces of the interior of
vending machines shall be so designated and constructed as to permit
easy cleaning and that facilitate maintenance operations.
E.
All product-contact surfaces of vending machines shall
be smooth, in good repair, and free of breaks, corrosion, open seams,
cracks and chipped places. The design of such surfaces shall be such
as to preclude routine contact between food and V-type threaded surfaces.
All joints and welds in product-contact surfaces shall be smooth,
and all internal angles and corners of such surfaces shall be rounded
to facilitate cleaning.
F.
All product or ingredient-contact surfaces of vending
machines, including containers, pipes, valves and fittings, shall
be constructed of nontoxic, corrosion-resistant and relatively nonabsorbent
materials and shall be kept clean. All containers, valves, fittings,
shoots and faucets which are in contact with food shall be easily
and readily removable and so fabricated as to be easily disassembled;
and when disassembled, all surfaces shall be visible for inspection
and cleaning. In machines of such design that food-contact surfaces
are not readily removable because of their function, in-place cleaning
of such surfaces may be permitted, provided that:
(1)
They are so arranged that cleaning and bactericidal
solutions can be circulated throughout the fixed system.
(2)
Such solutions will contact all interior surfaces.
(3)
The system is self-draining or otherwise completely
evacuated; and
(4)
The cleaning procedures result in thorough cleaning
of the equipment.
G.
The openings into all nonpressurized containers used
for the storage of vendable foods and ingredients, including water,
shall be provided with covers which prevent contamination from reaching
the interior of the containers. Such covers shall be designed to provide
a flange which overlaps the opening and shall be sloped to provide
drainage from the cover where the collection of condensation, moisture,
or splash is possible. Concave covers or cover areas are prohibited.
Any port opening through the cover shall be flanged upward at least
3/16 of an inch and shall be provided with a cover which overlaps
the flange. Condensation or drip-deflecting aprons shall be provided
on all piping, thermometers, equipment, rotary shafts, and other functional
parts extending into the container unless a watertight joint is provided.
Such aprons shall be considered as satisfactory covers for those openings
which are in continuous use. Gaskets, if used, shall be of material
which is nontoxic, relatively stable, and relatively nonabsorbent,
and shall have smooth surface. All gasket-retaining grooves shall
be readily cleanable.
H.
The deliver tube or chute and orifice of all bulk
food and bulk beverage vending machines shall be protected from normal
manual contact, dust, insects, rodents and other contamination. The
design shall be such as to divert condensation or other moisture from
the normal filling position of the container receiving the food or
beverage. The vending stage of such machine shall be provided with
a tight-fitting, self-closing door or cover which is kept closed except
when the machine is in the process of delivering food or beverage,
provided that the delivery tube, chute, or orifice of machines vending
only dry, non-readily-perishable bulk foods may be designed to permit
the degree of customer access to food contact surfaces which is necessary
for self-service.
I.
The product storage compartment within vending machines
dispensing packaged liquid products shall be so constructed as to
be self-draining, or shall be provided with a drain outlet which permits
complete draining of the compartment. All such drains shall be easily
cleanable.
All water used in vending machines shall be
of a safe and sanitary quality and shall be provided from a source
constructed and operated in accordance with all applicable laws.
A.
All plumbing connections and fittings shall be installed
in accordance with the provisions of the plumbing code or any other
applicable code of the Borough of Columbia.
B.
Where check valves are used for the protection of
the water-supply system, a screen of not less than 100 mesh to the
inch shall be installed in the water supply line immediately upstream
from the check valves.
C.
In any vending machine in which product ingredient
water is pushed by carbon dioxide from pressurized portable containers
into icemakers or other components, copper or other potentially toxic
material shall not be used to store or pipe such water.
A.
Self-closing, leakproof, readily cleanable, plainly
labeled and designated waste container or containers shall be provided
in the vicinity of each machine or machines to receive used cups,
cartons, wrappers, straws, closures and other single-service items.
B.
Such waste containers shall not be located within
the vending machine, provided that an exception may be made for those
machines dispensing only packaged products with crown closures, in
which case the closure receptive vault may be located within the machine.
Suitable rocks or cases shall be provided for multiuse containers
or bottles.
C.
Containers shall be provided within all machines dispensing
liquid products in bulk for the collection of drip, spillage, overflow,
or other internal wastes.
D.
An automatic shut-off device shall be provided which
will place the vending machine out of operation before such container
overflows, provided that vending machines which are not connected
to a water-supply line and whose icemaker condensate or melt-water
does not discharge into a waste container and which are equipped with
two or double-product valves per circuit shall not be required to
have such an automatic shut-off device. Containers or surfaces on
which such wastes may accumulate shall be readily removable for cleaning,
shall be easily cleanable and shall be corrosion-resistant. If liquid
waters from drip, spillage or overflow which originate within the
machine are discharged into a sewerage system, the connection to the
sewer shall be through and air gap.
A.
Employees shall wash their hands immediately prior
to engaging in any vending machine servicing operation which may bring
them into contact with food, beverages, ingredients, or with product-contact
surfaces of utensils, containers or equipment.
B.
No person while infected with a disease in a communicable
form that can be transmitted by foods or who is a carrier of organisms
that cause such disease or while afflicted with a boil, an infected
wound, or an acute respiratory infection shall work in food service
in any capacity in which there is a likelihood of such person contaminating
food or food-contact surfaces with pathogenic organisms or transmitting
disease to other persons.
A.
Samples of food, drink, ingredients, containers or
any substance used in connection with food vending machines may be
taken by a duly authorized representative of the Board of Health or
the Health Officer for examination as often as may be deemed necessary
for the detection of impure or unsanitary conditions. Any food, drink
or any substance used in connection with the food vending machine
may be condemned, removed or destroyed by or under the direction of
a duly authorized representative of the Board of Health or Health
Officer if, in the judgment of the representative, such food, drink
or substance is adulterated, decomposed, impure, unfit for human consumption,
or dangerous to the public health. Any food, drink, or other substance
may be stopped from sale or use and placed under an embargo by any
duly authorized representative of the Board of Health for as reasonable
a period of time as may be required to make investigations or examination,
if such may be necessary to determine that the food, drink or other
substance is adulterated, decomposed, impure, unfit for human consumption
or dangerous to the public health. No food, drink, or other substance
shall be used, removed, destroyed or otherwise disposed of while under
such embargo except by or under the direction of a representative
of the Board of Health.
B.
The owner of products placed under embargo by virtue
of any power granted under this health code shall have the right to
appeal to the Board of Health. The Board of Health short afford a
hearing and shall give due notice of the time and place of the hearing
to the owner of such goods. As a result of the hearing, the Board
shall have the right to stay or set aside the order. Any owner aggrieved
by any decision of the Board under this article may appeal that decision
in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Local Agency Law[1] of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 105
et seq.
