3717-1-03.4(I)(3) Food: limitation of growth of organisms of public health concern

If time without temperature control is used as the public health control up to a maximum of six hours:

(a)

The food is to have an initial temperature of forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) or less when removed from temperature control and the food temperature cannot exceed seventy degrees Fahrenheit (twenty-one degrees Celsius) within a maximum time period of six hours;

(b)

The food is to be monitored to ensure the warmest portion of the food does not exceed seventy degrees Fahrenheit (twenty-one degrees Celsius) during the six-hour period, unless an ambient air temperature is maintained that ensures the food does not exceed seventy degrees Fahrenheit (twenty-one degrees Celsius) during the six-hour holding period;

(c)

The food is to be marked or otherwise identified to indicate:

(i)

The time when the food is removed from forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) or less cold holding temperature control; and

(ii)

The time that is six hours past the point in time when the food is removed from cold holding temperature control.

(d)

The food is to be:

(i)

Discarded if the temperature of the food exceeds seventy degrees Fahrenheit (twenty-one degrees Celsius); or

(ii)

Cooked and served, served at any temperature if ready-to-eat, or discarded within a maximum of six hours from the point in time when the food is removed from forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) or less cold holding temperature control; and

(e)

The food in unmarked containers or packages, or marked with a time that exceeds the six-hour limit will be discarded.