North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter B - LICENSING OF HOSPITALS
Section .4700 - NUTRITION AND DIETETIC SERVICES
Section 13B .4704 - DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 13B .4704
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Food shall be transported and displayed pursuant to the rules adopted by the Commission for Public Health.
(b) At the time of serving, the temperature of hot foods shall be no less than:
(1) Hot liquids - 150 degrees Fahrenheit
(minimum);
(2) Hot Cereal - 150
degrees Fahrenheit (minimum);
(3)
Hot Soups - 130 degrees Fahrenheit (minimum); and
(4) Other hot foods - 110 degrees Fahrenheit
(minimum).
(c) At the time of serving, the temperature of cold foods shall be no more than:
(1) Cold liquids - 50 degrees Fahrenheit
(maximum); and
(2) Other cold foods
- 65 degrees Fahrenheit (maximum).
Authority
G.S.
131E-79;
Eff. January 1,
1996;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. July 22,
2017.
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