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VSP 2018 Construction Guidelines
17.3.2.5 Sneeze Guard Design
If the buffet is built to the calculations in Figure 12:
• The maximum vertical distance between a counter top and the
bottom leading edge of a sneeze guard must be 356 millimeters
(14 inches).
• The bottom leading edge of the sneeze guard must extend a
minimum horizontal distance of 178 millimeters (7 inches)
beyond the front inside edge of a FOOD well.
• The sum of a sneeze guard’s protected horizontal plane (X) and
its protected vertical plane (Y) must equal a minimum of
457 millimeters (18 inches) (Figure 12). Either X or Y may
equal 0.
Install side protection for sneeze guards if the distance between
exposed FOOD and where people are expected to stand is less than
1 meter (40 inches).
See Figures 13-16 for additional examples of sneeze guards.
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