Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Chapter 80-1-22 - FOODS, DRUGS AND COSMETICS
Section 80-1-22-.27 - Special Requirements For Potentially Hazardous Foods

Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 80-1-22-.27

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024

(1) For the purposes of this Rule, "Potentially hazardous food" shall be as defined in Rule 80-1-22-.34 herein.

(2) The temperature of potentially hazardous food shall be held at an ambient temperature of 45° F or below at all times when being transported, stored or displayed for sale except for brief periods of loading or unloading.

(3) The temperature of potentially hazardous frozen food shall be 0° F or below at all times when being transported, stored or displayed for sale except for defrost cycles and brief periods of loading and unloading.

(4) Potentially hazardous food that is transported, stored or displayed in violation of this rule shall be deemed adulterated under the provisions of Code of Ala. 1975, § 20-1-22.

(5) Any person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the business of storing, transporting or displaying for sale potentially hazardous food on the effective day of this rule that is not meeting the requirements of this rule shall be granted a reasonable time not to exceed sixty (60) days after the effective date, to be determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries, in his discretion, to meet said requirements.

Author: Reginald L. Sorrells

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 20-1-2.

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