BOTTLE WASHING

Subpart 1. New bottles. New beverage bottles, if suitably protected at the container manufacturing facility and during transportation and storage, need not be washed or rinsed before use. Subp. 2. Multiuse bottles. Multiuse bottles returned for refilling must be washed and sanitized before refilling by means of at least a semiautomatic bottle washer located as part of the beverage dispensing equipment. "Washed" means free from physical, chemical, and microbial substance discernible by ordinary sight, touch, or smell and free from insects, vermin, and debris. "Sanitize" means the effective bactericidal treatment of the cleaned interior surface of the bottle by a process which is effective in destroying microorganisms, including pathogens. Subp. 3. Bottle washer. A bottle washer must contain instructions for its use.