Commercial Kitchens Health Code

[Dennis]

Is there a national health code or is each state or city have there own codes. The reason I ask is because I have a friend who did a lot of work for the local University and they were not allowed to run pipe- emt, etc. exposed in a commercial kitchen. Is that true as a rule or what? Please show me the light.

 

[pwood]

here the county health department makes the local rules. I have a meat processing factory being built with a kitchen and the USDA has jurisdiction without any county approvals required. varies! can be confusing like my location.

 

[globe trekker]

Dennis,

Was it any piping, or just the electrical piping that was not allowed?

To answer your question, generally every state has own their flavor of

Health Dept. requirements. Some universities, if they're state funded,

will usually follow the state requirements and may even up the ante

a little bit more. Also, refer to Section 701.9 in the 2006 IPC:

701.9 Drainage piping in food service areas.

Exposed soil or waste piping shall not be installed above any working,

storage or eating surfaces in food service establishments.

.

 

[Dennis]

This was definitely the electrical pipe but I assume all piping because they said you could not clean behind it. Again this is second hand info.

 

[fatboy]

We have a HUGE cheese plant going in here. We heard an appeal for alternate methods for them fabricating all the elecrtrical tubing and boxes basically on-site, out of stainless steel. All nice and smooth, they extrude nipples out of the boxes for the welders to attach to. All pressure washable. Pretty slick.

 

[lunatick]

I would check with what they do in MN or WI if your state doesn't have strong regulations on this.

A big thing here is NSF listed equipment. Think it stands for National Sanita... Federation

 

[hlfireinspector]

2009 US Food Code

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/FoodSafety/RetailFoodProtection/FoodCode/FoodCode2009/UCM189448.pdf

All non-contact food surfaces must be smooth, free of ledges, crevices ect.

 

[pwood]

drop pendants work good in these situations!

 

[steveray]

I beieve it is all by locallity....everyone is going to have a different definition of cleanable....In FB's situation where they clean w/ pressure washers, I am sure they might b a litlle more forgiving...Here they make you caulk anything with a crack or gap (let the jokes begin)...I doubut there is anything that outright says "no pipe" but it is an interpretaion and practical application of what they know to be cleaning issues....