Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4626 - FOOD CODE; FOOD MANAGERS
FOOD CHARACTERISTICS
Part 4626.0165 - FOOD TEMPERATURES; RECEIVING.* 3-202.11

Universal Citation: MN Rules 4626.0165

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

A. Except as specified in items B and C, refrigerated, TCS food must be at a temperature of 41 degrees F (5 degrees C) or below when received.P1

B. If a temperature other than 41 degrees F (5 degrees C) for a TCS food is specified in law governing its distribution, such as laws governing milk and molluscan shellfish, the food may be received at the specified temperature.

C. Raw eggs must be received in refrigerated equipment that maintains an ambient air temperature of 45 degrees F (7 degrees C) or less.P1

D. TCS food that is has been cooked to a temperature and for a time specified in parts 4626.0340 and 4626.0347 and received hot must be at a temperature of 135 degrees F (57 degrees C) or above.P1

E. a food that is labeled frozen and shipped frozen by a food processing plant must be received frozen.P2

F. Upon receipt, TCS food must be free of evidence of previous temperature abuse.P2

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

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