GroundRules
12VAC5-421-340: Temperature
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 12. Health
- Agency 5. Department of Health
- Chapter 421. Food Regulations
- Part III. Food
- Article 2. Sources, Specifications, and Original Containers and Records
A. Except as specified in subsection B of this section, refrigerated, time/temperature control for safety food shall be at a temperature of 41°F (5°C) or below when received.P
B. If a temperature other than 41°F (5°C) for a time/temperature control for safety food is specified in law governing its distribution, such as laws governing milk and molluscan shellfish, the food may be received at the specified temperature.
C. Raw eggs shall be received in refrigerated equipment that maintains an ambient air temperature of 45°F (7°C) or less.P
D. Time/temperature control for safety food that is cooked to a temperature and for a time specified under 12VAC5-421-700, 12VAC5-421-710, and 12VAC5-421-720 and received hot shall be at a temperature of 135° (57°C) or above.P
E. A food that is labeled frozen and shipped frozen by a food processing plant shall be received frozen.Pf
F. Upon receipt, time/temperature control for safety food shall be free of evidence of previous temperature abuse.Pf
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