WAC 246-215-04400. Location — Equipment, clothes washers and dryers, and storage cabinets, contamination prevention (FDA Food Code 4-401.11)

(1) Except as specified in subsection (2) of this section, equipment , a cabinet used for the storage of food , or a cabinet that is used to store cleaned and sanitized equipment , utensils , laundered linens , and single-service and single-use articles may not be located: (a) In locker rooms; (b) In toilet rooms; (c) In garbage rooms; (d) In mechanical rooms; (e) Under sewer lines that are not shielded to intercept potential drips; (f) Under leaking water lines including automatic fire sprinkler heads or under lines on which water has condensed; (g) Under open stairwells; or (h) Under other sources of contamination. (2) A storage cabinet used for linens or single-service or single-use articles may be stored in a locker room. (3) If a mechanical clothes washer or dryer is provided, it must be located so that the washer or dryer is protected from contamination and only where there is no exposed food ; clean equipment, utensils , and linens ; and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles .