Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 346 - RULES GOVERNING MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION AND LICENSING
Sec2 001-346-3 - FOOD CONCERNS
Subsection 001-346-3-25 - Variance Requirement

Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 001-346-3-25
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

An establishment or processing plant must obtain a variance from the Department as specified in Section 1, Subsection 6, and under Section 1, Subsection 7, before smoking food as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement; curing food; using food additives or adding components such as vinegar as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement or to render a food so that it is not potentially hazardous; packaging food using a reduced oxygen packaging method except as specified under Section 3, Subsection 27, where a barrier to Clostridium Botulinum exists, in addition to using refrigeration; custom processing animals that are for personal use as food and not for sale or service in an establishment or processing plant; or preparing food by another method that is determined by the Department to require a variance.

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