Users That Must Take Particular Precautions During a Boil Advisory Commercial Establishments (Restaurants, Hotels, Convenience Stores, etc.)

All water that is to be provided directly to customers for drinking purposes must be treated by boiling the tap water for at least one minute and then storing the water in clean, covered containers until used for serving. An alternative to this would be using commercially available bottled water from a supplier who is a mem- ber of the Canadian Bottled Water Association ( CBWA) or the International Bottled Water Association ( IBWA). Commercial coffee machines that achieve boiling temperatures as part of their design are exempt.

All foods (e.g. fruits and vegetables) that need washing are to be rinsed or soaked in tap water that has been boiled for at least one minute. An alternative to this would be using commercially available bottled water from a supplier who is a member of the Canadian Bottled Water Association (CBWA) or the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA).

Ensure that food handlers wash and rinse hands in water that has been chlorine bleach.

It is not necessary for bakeries to boil water that is part of a recipe or ingredient in a product that is to be baked. Water for other uses must be boiled.

Disconnect ice machines and discard any ice and crushed ice products that has been made from this ice. All ice used during treated with the boil water advisory must originate from tap water that has been boiled for at least one minute or from a commercial ice supply distributor.

Ice machines at the establishment must be emptied and not used for the duration of the boil water advisory. Lines to ice machines must be disinfected prior to reuse.