OBSERVED 7 CASES OF RIBS THAWING AT AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES. INTERNAL TEMPERATURES OF RIBS |
WERE OK. DISCUSSED WITH PERSON IN CHARGE AND WILL BE CORRECTED. |
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3717-1-03.4 Food: Limitation of Growth of Organisms of Public Health Concern |
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(C) Thawing - temperature and time control. |
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Except as specified in paragraph (C)(4) of this rule, time/temperature controlled for safety food shall be thawed: |
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(1) Under refrigeration that maintains the food temperature at forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) |
or less; or |
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(2) Completely submerged under running water: |
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(a) At a water temperature of seventy degrees Fahrenheit (twenty-one degrees Celsius) or below, |
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(b) With sufficient water velocity to agitate and float off loose particles in an overflow, and |
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(c) For a period of time that does not allow thawed portions of ready-to-eat food to rise above forty-one |
degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius), or |
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(d) For a period of time that does not allow thawed portions of a raw animal food requiring cooking as |
specified under paragraph (A)(1)(a), (A)(1)(b), (A)(1)(c) or (A)(2) of rule 3717-1-03.3 of the Administrative Code |
to be above forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius), for more than four hours including: |
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(i) The time the food is exposed to the running water and the time needed for preparation for cooking, or |
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(ii) The time it takes under refrigeration to lower the food temperature to forty-one degrees Fahrenheit |
(five degrees Celsius); |
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(3) As part of a cooking process if the food that is frozen is: |
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(a) Cooked as specified under paragraph (A)(1)(a), (A)(1)(b), (A)(1)(c) or (A)(2) of rule 3717-1-03.3 of the |
Administrative Code or paragraph (B) of rule 3717-1-03.3 of the Administrative Code, or |
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(b) Thawed in a microwave oven and immediately transferred to conventional cooking equipment, with no |
interruption in the process; or |
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(4) Using any procedure if a portion of frozen ready-to-eat food is thawed and prepared for immediate service in |
response to an individual consumer 's order. |
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