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Thawing |
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Under Refrigerator-food at 41 F |
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Thawing in water: |
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*Sufficient water velocity
*Thawed portion of RTE food not above 41 F.
*Thawed portions of food requiring cooking not
above 41 F for more than 4 hours.
*Water temperature 70 F or less. |
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Part of continuous cooking process. |
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Thawed in microwave & immediately transferred |
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to conventional cooking equipment |
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Cooking |
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Eggs-155 F. for 15 sec. (or chart) |
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Comminuted fish, meat, & game animals - |
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155 F. for 15 sec. (or chart) |
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Pork or beef roasts: 130 F. for 121 min. (or charts) |
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Ratites & injected meats: 155 F. for 15 sec. (or chart)
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Poultry, stuffed fish/ meat / pasta / poultry /
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ratites; or stuffing with fish, meat, poultry,
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or ratites cooked to 165 F. for 15 sec.
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Whole-muscle, intact beef steaks: Surface
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temp. of 145 F. & surfaces have a cooked color.
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Microwave: Raw animal foods rotated, stirred,
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covered, heated to 165 F. Stand: 2 min. after
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cooking. |
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Fish, meat, pork, game animals cooked to
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145 F. for 15 sec. |
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Fruits & vegetables cooked to 140 F. or above |
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for hot holding.
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Records |
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Cooling |
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Acceptable method of cooling (SOP for process). |
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Cooked PHF cooled: 140 F.-70 F. (2 hrs.); |
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70 F. to 41 F. (4 hrs.)
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Records.
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Reheating |
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PHF rapidly reheated to 165 F. or above for 15 sec.
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Food reheated to 165 F. or above in a microwave. |
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Commercially processed RTE food heated to 140 F. |
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or above for hot holding. |
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Remaining unsliced portions of beef roasts reheated |
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for hot holding using oven / time / temperature charts.
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Two hour maximum reheating time. |
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Records. |
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Holding |
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Hot PHF held at 140 F or above |
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Roasts at 130 F. or above |
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Cold PHF held at 41 F. (45 F.) or less |
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Records. |