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SUBPART B: FOOD SUPPLIES

SECTION 750.280 DISPENSING UTENSILS

To avoid unnecessary manual contact with food, suitable dispensing utensils shall be used by employees or provided to consumers who serve themselves. Between uses during service, dispensing and incidental utensils shall be:

  1. Stored in the food with the dispensing utensil handle extended out of the food; or
  2. Stored clean and dry; or
  3. Stored in running potable water dipper wells; or
  4. In the case of dispensing utensils and malt collars used in serving frozen desserts, stored either in a running potable water dipper well, or clean and dry.



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