UC Santa Barbara Policy 6015
Policies
Issuing Unit: Housing & Auxiliary Services Date: February 1, 1985
VENDING MACHINES
I. REFERENCES:
A. UCSB Policies Manual, Policy 6010, Sale or Distribution of
Food.
B. UCSB Policies Manual, Policy 5518, Smoking in University
Facilities.
C. California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, Division 22,
Chapter 4, Article 10, California Health and Safety Code.
II. POLICY:
A. Responsibility
1. Primary responsibility for all vending machines is
delegated to the Director, Campus Food Service. The
Director will authorize the placement of all vending
machines and will negotiate annually or biannually
all contracts for vending machines on the Santa Barbara
campus. The Director, Housing and Residential Services
and/or his designated representative will be included
in the final negotiations of contracts for vending machines.
2. Prior to installation, the location of all new vending
machines must be approved by the Director, Environmental
Health and Safety. Machines may not be located in corridors
unless adequate space has been provided as determined by the
Campus Fire Marshall. Machines installed on the exterior
of any building must also be approved by the Physical
Planning Committee.
3. Commissions from the vending machines in the Residence Halls
and Family Student Housing will be paid to the respective
student resident associations. Vending commissions from
machines located elsewhere on campus will be paid to the
University Center.
B. Electrical Requirements
All vending machines utilizing electrical power shall be
grounded with an approved threewire cord and plug. All
machines vending perishable foods shall have a lock on the
power cord plug to prevent accidental disconnection.
C. Food and Beverage Operations:
1. All refrigerated food or beverage vending machines
must be on an approved list by the NAMA (National
Automatic Merchandising Association), and listed
in their latest "Listing of Letters of Compliance,"
or by the National Sanitation Foundation, and listed
in their "approved list".
2. Potentially hazardous foods must be maintained at a
temperature of not more than 45¡ (cold foods) or less
than 140¡ (hot foods), at all times between preparation,
installation in the machine, and dispensing to the customer.
a. Each machine vending potentially hazardous foods
shall have an accurate thermometer for each
temperature range required, and shall have controls
to make the machine inoperative when temperature
requirements are not met.
b. All potentially hazardous foods shall be delivered to
the campus in a refrigerated truck.
c. No potentially hazardous food shall be sold in a
refrigerated machine more than 72 hours after
preparation.
d. Sandwich vending machines require special approval.
All sandwiches must be dated for day of sale.
e. Any microwave oven used in conjunction with a vending
operation must be approved for safety by
Environmental Health and Safety prior to
installation.
3. For machines which require an external water source,
connections must be made from a potable water supply. Many
campus buildings, sprinkler systems, etc., are partially
served by an industrial water system which must not be
used to obtain drinking water.
4. All food and beverage products must be delivered and
placed in the machines in their original wrappers, or in a
sanitized bulk dispenser which fits on the machines as a
unit.
5. Machines shall be cleaned with a solution equivalent to
200 ppm of chlorine as often as necessary, but at least
twice a week. At least once every two months, the tanks,
valves, filters, etc. of carbonated beverage or coffee
machines shall be removed and sanitized at the vendor's
headquarters or other location approved by Environmental
Health and Safety. Replacement parts shall be properly
sanitized and protected from microbiological contamination
during transportation.
6. All cup beverage vending machines shall have the
dispending orifices area protected by a self-closing door
at all times. Any machines not so protected shall be
removed from campus.
7. The area surrounding all machines shall be kept clean and
proper trash cans shall be provided in the immediate area.
8. During vacation breaks, machines shall be serviced in the
usual manner, or they must be emptied and cleaned.
D. Tobacco Operations:
1. Vending machines selling tobacco shall not be located in
any area where smoking is prohibited by campus
regulations. See UCSB Policy 5518.
2. Each vending machine selling cigarettes shall be posted
with a sign bearing the words, "Warning, the Surgeon
General has determined that Cigarette Smoking is hazardous
to your health."
E. All food vending machines must also comply with the
California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, Division 22,
Chapter 4, Article 10, of the California Health and Safety
Code. Machines not complying with the above criteria or the
State Law, may be requested by the Director, Environmental
Health and Safety, to be removed from service or from campus at
any time. This removal order will be coordinated with the
Director, Campus Food Service.
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