Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4626 - FOOD CODE; FOOD MANAGERS
DESTROYING ORGANISMS
Part 4626.0380 - THAWING. 3-501.13

Universal Citation: MN Rules 4626.0380

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024

Except as specified in item D, TCS food must be thawed:

A. under mechanical refrigeration that maintains the food temperature at 41 degrees F (5 degrees C) or less;

B. completely submerged under running water:

(1) at a water temperature of 70 degrees F (21 degrees C) or less;

(2) with sufficient water velocity to agitate and float off loose particles in an overflow; and

(3) for a period of time that does not allow thawed portions of ready-to-eat food to rise above 41 degrees F (5 degrees C); or

(4) for a period of time that does not allow thawed portions of a raw animal food requiring cooking as specified in part 4626.0340, items A and B, to be above 41 degrees F (5 degrees C) for more than 4 hours including:
(a) the time the food is exposed to the running water and the time needed for preparation for cooking; or

(b) the time it takes under mechanical refrigeration to lower the food temperature to 41 degrees F (5 degrees C);

C. as part of a cooking process if the food that is frozen is:

(1) cooked as specified in part 4626.0340, items A and B, or 4626.0345; or

(2) thawed in a microwave oven and immediately transferred to conventional cooking equipment, with no interruption in the process; or

D. using any procedure if a portion of frozen ready-to-eat food that is thawed and prepared for immediate service in response to an individual consumers order.

E. reduced oxygen packaged fish that bears a label indicating that it is to be kept frozen until time of use must be removed from the reduced oxygen environment:

(1) prior to thawing under refrigeration as specified in item A; or

(2) prior to, or immediately upon, completion of thawing using procedures specified in item B.

Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.11; 144.05; 144.08; 144.12; 157.011

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