Restaurant Hot Water Requirements: Is Your Restaurant Hitting the Mark?
Hot water codes are necessary for sanitation issues. Using hot water is needed to wash dishes, make sure your employee’s hands are clean and to clean out any dirt or contaminated materials. In the world of commercial dishwashers, aka warewashers, restaurants essentially have two options to choose from to pass a health inspection. Your restaurant can use a high-temp warewasher that uses hot water for sanitizing, or you can use a low-temp warewasher, which requires chemicals to get the job done. As with most things, there are pros and cons of each option.
The Food Code sets the guidelines for each individual state’s food codes, and specifies restaurant hot water requirements for warewashers and sinks. Understand these critical components of food sanitation and make sure your water heater is meeting hot water requirements. Hot water plays an important role in keeping your doors open to the public, so let’s make sure you are up to code!
