Which of the following areas are prohibited for storing food?

  1. Refrigerators
  2. Freezers
  3. Passageways
  4. Dry Storage
Explanation

Answer: C

Foods should only be stored in designated areas. Storing foods in passageways, rest rooms, garbage areas, locker rooms and other unauthorized utility rooms is not compliant. 

Prohibited areas for storing food include: 

1. Locker and employee changing rooms;

2. Bathrooms or associated vestibules;

3. Designated dressing rooms;

4. Rooms designated for the storage of garbage;

5. Designated mechancial rooms;

6. Under or near sewer lines that are not shielded to intercept potential drips;

7. Under leaking water lines, including leaking automatic fire sprinkler heads, or under lines on which water has condensed;

8. Under open stairwells

9. Under other sources of contamination.

Food should be in refrigerator or freezer storage units, designated dry storage, or on ice as appropriate.

Source: State of Virginia Food Safety Regulations
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