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e e Texas Department of Health Division of Food and Drugs Page ~ of 35 service operations shall be separated from any living or sleeping quarters by complete partitioning and solid, self-closing doors. (3) Laundry Facilities. (A) Laundry facilities in a food service establishment shall be restricted to the washing and drying of linens, cloths, uniforms and aprons necessary to the operation. If such items are laundered on the premises. an electric, gas, or steam dryer shall be provided and used. (B) Separate rooms shall be provided for laundry facilities except that such oper~tions may be conducted in storage rooms containing only packaged foods or packaged single-service articles. (4) Linens and Clothes Storage. (A) Clean clothes and linens shall be stored 'in a clean place and protected from contamination until used. (B) Soiled clothes and linens shall be stored in nonabsorbent containers or washable ~aundry bags until removed for laundering. (5) Cleaning Equipment Storage. Maintenance and cleaning tools such as brooms, mops, vacuum cleaners and similar equipment shall be maintained and stored in a way that does not contaminate food, utensils, equipment, or linens and shall be stored in an orderly manner to facilitate the cleaning of that storage location. (6) Animals. Live animals, including birds, and turtles, shall be excluded from within the food service operational premises and from immediately adjacent areas under the contro~ of the food service establishment. This exclusion does not apply to edible fish, crustacea, shell fish, or to fish in aquariums. Patrol dogs accompanying security or police officers, or guide dogs accompanying blind persons shall be permitted in dining areas. S229.l69. Mobile Food Units. (a) Mobile Food Service. ' (1) General. Mobile food units shall comply with the requirements of these rules, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and in paragraph (2) of this subsection. The regulatory authority may impose additional requirements to protect against health hazards related to the conduct of the food service establishment as a mobile operation, may prohibit the sale of some or all potentially hazardous food, and when no health hazard will result, may waive or modify requirements of this rule relating to physical facilities, except those requirements in this rule of paragraphs (4) and (5) of this subsection; subsection (b){1) of this section; and subsection (c){l) and (2) of this section.