Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 31 - Alaska Food Code
Article 2 - Food Care
18 AAC 31.215 - Highly susceptible populations

Universal Citation: 18 AK Admin Code 18 AAC 31.215

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) In a food establishment that serves a highly susceptible population in a facility that provides health care, assisted living services, or custodial care, the operator may not serve or offer the following foods in a ready-to-eat form unless the foods are prepared in response to a specific adult consumer's request:

(1) raw animal foods, including raw seafood, raw marinated seafood, raw molluscan shellfish, and steak tartare;

(2) animal food that is not cooked to the minimum temperatures provided in 18 AAC 31.232, such as lightly-cooked seafood, rare meat, soft-cooked eggs that are made from raw shell eggs, and meringue;

(3) raw seed sprouts;

(4) unpasteurized juices.

(b) In a food establishment that serves a highly susceptible population in a facility that provides health care, assisted living services, or custodial care, the operator shall ensure that pasteurized shell eggs or pasteurized liquid, frozen, or dry eggs or egg products are substituted for raw shell eggs in the preparation of

(1) foods that typically have raw shell eggs as an ingredient; and

(2) recipes in which more than one egg is broken and the eggs are combined, except
(A) if the foods are prepared in response to a specific adult consumer's request; or

(B) the raw eggs are combined as an ingredient and are thoroughly cooked, as specified in 18 AAC 31.232, to a ready-to-eat form.

Authority:AS 17.20.005

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