Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 257 - Food Establishments
Subchapter 5 - Food
Section 310:257-5-9 - Temperature

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 310:257-5-9

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

(a) Except as specified in (b) of this Section, refrigerated, Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food shall be at a temperature of 5°C (41°F) or below when received.

(b) If a temperature other than 5°C (41°F) for a Time/Temperature Control for Safety 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 shall be received in refrigerated equipment that maintains an ambient air temperature of 7°C (45°F) or less.

(d) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food that is cooked to a temperature and for a time specified under OAC 310:257-5-46 through 310:257-5-48 and received hot shall be at a temperature of 57°C (135°F) or above.

(e) A food that is labeled frozen and shipped frozen by a food processing plant shall be received frozen.

(f) Upon receipt, Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food shall be free of evidence of previous temperature abuse.

Added at 23 Ok Reg 2358, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2289, eff 11-1-11

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