3717-1-08.1(B) Special requirements: heat treatment dispensing freezers

To be used in a food service operation or retail food establishment, a heat treatment dispensing freezer is to meet the following requirements:

(1)

The heat treatment dispensing freezer is to be approved by an equipment testing agency as specified in paragraph (LL)(1) of rule 3717-1-04.1 of the Administrative Code;

(2)

The heat treatment dispensing freezer is to complete a heat treatment cycle at least once every twenty-four hours. "Heat treatment cycle" means a cycle in which the heat treatment dispensing freezer elevates the product temperature during the heating phase to at least one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (65.5 degrees Celsius) within no more than ninety minutes, maintains the product at that temperature during the holding phase for at least thirty minutes, then cools it during the cooling phase to a temperature of forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) or below within no more than two hours;

(3)

The heat treatment dispensing freezer is to be equipped with a monitoring device which indicates all of the following:

(a)

The length of time since the last heat treatment cycle;

(b)

The length of time that the most recent heat treatment cycle was one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (65.5 degrees Celsius) or above; and

(c)

The length of time of the heating phase, the holding phase, and the cooling phase.

(4)

The heat treatment dispensing freezer is to have a clearly visible temperature indicating device, accurate to plus or minus two degrees Fahrenheit (plus or minus one degree Celsius), showing the product temperature in the hopper;

(5)

The heat treatment dispensing freezer is to be equipped with an internal lockout device that cannot be reset without complete disassembly of the machine. The internal lockout device is to mechanically shut down the heat treatment dispensing freezer so that the unit is unable to dispense frozen product if any one of the following occurs:

(a)

The heat treatment cycle is not properly completed;

(b)

The heat treatment cycle has not been completed at least one time in the preceding twenty-four hours; or

(c)

The heat treatment dispensing freezer has not been disassembled for cleaning and sanitizing as specified in paragraph (C)(1) of this rule.