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 001-346-3-6 - Temperature Requirements
Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 001-346-3-6
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Refrigerated, potentially hazardous food must be kept at a temperature of 41 degrees F or below.
B. Potentially Hazardous food that is cooked to a temperature and for a time specified under Section 3, Subsection 17, and 18, and received hot, must be kept at a temperature of 140 degrees F or above.
C. A food that is labeled and shipped frozen by a processing plant must be received frozen.
D. Upon receipt, potentially hazardous food must be free of evidence of previous temperature abuse.
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