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Ice Machine Cleaning

Every cleaning filed before you leave the site.

Every machine cleaned on its maker's schedule, before-and-after photos on file, and the kitchen's record one link away.

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Free tool: next due date

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From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-1780 equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils, checked Thu, October 29, 2026.

The rules, with where each one came from.

Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.

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sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 29, 2026.

Dates it counts

  1. Next full cleaning: 1 to 24 months, set on each machine as its cleaning interval, from the last cleaning.From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-1780 equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils, checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  2. Water filter change: 1 to 24 months, set on each machine as its water filter interval, from the last filter change.Set per customer; no rule fixes this interval.
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What it checks when you save

  1. Ice bins and the enclosed parts of ice makers are cleaned as often as the manufacturer says, or, where the manufacturer is silent, often enough that soil and mold never build up.From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-1780 equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils, checked Oct 29, 2026.
    For reference
  2. The FDA Food Code 2022 sets the same cleaning rule for ice bins and ice makers. Each state adopts the Food Code on its own schedule, so check the edition your health department enforces.From FDA Food Code 2022, 4-602.11(E)(4) cleaning frequency, checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  3. Ice used as food or to cool food is made from pure water.From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-390 ice, checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  4. No liquid waste drain line may pass through an ice machine or an ice storage bin.From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-1270 ice units, separation of drains, checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  5. Between uses, an ice scoop may be kept in a clean, protected place.From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-550 in-use utensils, between-use storage, checked Oct 29, 2026.
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Asked, and answered from the rule.

How often does the Food Code say an ice machine must be cleaned?

  1. Ice bins and the enclosed parts of ice makers are cleaned as often as the manufacturer says, or, where the manufacturer is silent, often enough that soil and mold never build up.From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-1780 equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils, checked Oct 29, 2026.

Can a drain line run through an ice bin?

  1. No liquid waste drain line may pass through an ice machine or an ice storage bin.From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-1270 ice units, separation of drains, checked Oct 29, 2026.

Where can an ice scoop be kept between uses?

  1. Between uses, an ice scoop may be kept in a clean, protected place.From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-550 in-use utensils, between-use storage, checked Oct 29, 2026.

What water does ice for a restaurant have to be made from?

  1. Ice used as food or to cool food is made from pure water.From Virginia Food Regulations, 12VAC5-421-390 ice, checked Oct 29, 2026.

What it keeps for you.

Machine

Machine ID, Where it is, Machine type, Manufacturer, Model, and more.

Cleaning

Cleaning type, Date, Technician, Cleaner or descaler used, Sanitizer used, and more.

What your client receives.

The ice machine cleaning record, as the app issues it the moment the cleaning is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.

Building owners read every report filed to them in one binder, free.

Sample Inspection Co. (fictional) · Ice Machine Cleaning

Ice machine cleaning record

SE-4100

Machine

Machine ID
Machine ID 1
Where it is
North bay
Machine type
Cuber on a bin
Manufacturer
Brackwater Equipment

and 5 more fields

Cleaning

Cleaning type
Full clean and sanitize
Date
Sep 1, 2026
Technician
Avery Lund
Cleaner or descaler used
Cleaner or descaler used 1

and 2 more fields

Cleaning

Evaporator and water trough free of scale and slime after cleaningPass
Bin walls, door and gasket free of mold and slimePass
Ice chute and dispenser nozzle cleanedPass
Sanitizing cycle run to the maker's procedurePass
Condenser coil or air filter clean, airflow clearPass
Water filter inside its change datePass

and 3 more on the full report

Photos

No photos on file.

Signature

Not signed in the app; signed on paper if at all.

Next due

Next full cleaningNov 1, 2026Set by your contract
Water filter changeNov 11, 2026Set by your contract

A recordkeeping aid. It does not certify compliance and is not legal advice.

Every name, date and number on this sample is invented.

What Ice Machine Cleaning costs.

Free

$0
  • 5 machines
  • 1 person

Solo

$9 a monthFounders price; list $19
  • 150 machines
  • 2 people

Crew

$24 a monthFounders price; list $49
  • 1,000 machines
  • 10 people

Company

$49 a monthFounders price; list $99
  • 5,000 machines
  • 25 people

All-Access

$74 a monthFounders price; list $149
  • 5,000 machines
  • 25 people
  • The same limits in every trade
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