Current through Bulletin 2023-24, December 15, 2023
(1)
(a)
Refrigerated, TCS food shall be at a temperature of 5 degrees C (41 degrees F)
or below when received at the mobile food business from a commissary or other
approved source.
(b) Raw eggs shall
be received at the mobile food business from a commissary or other approved
source in refrigerated equipment that maintains an ambient air temperature of 7
degrees C (45 degrees F) or less.
(c) TCS food that is cooked to a temperature
and for a time specified under Subparts 3-401.11 to 3-401.13 of the FDA Food
Code and received hot at the mobile food business from a commissary or other
approved source shall be at a temperature of 57 degrees C (135 degrees F) or
above.
(d) A food that is labeled
frozen and shipped frozen by a food processing plant shall be received frozen
at the mobile food business from a commissary or other approved
source.
(e) Upon receipt at the
mobile food business from a commissary or other approved source, TCS food shall
be free of evidence of previous temperature abuse.
(2) Any food requiring cooking, freezing, or
reheating before service shall be cooked, frozen, or reheated as required in
Part 3-4 of the FDA Food Code.
(3)
(a) Stored frozen foods shall be maintained
frozen.
(b) Commercially processed
foods that are labeled to be kept frozen shall be kept frozen until cooked or
served.
(c) Commercially processed
foods labeled to be kept frozen may be thawed under refrigeration at 41 degrees
F or below in accordance with Subsection (4) if:
(i) records are kept or date marking used
indicating when the food entered refrigeration; and
(ii) discarded seven days after entering the
refrigerator.
(4) Any food requiring thawing shall be
thawed as required in Subpart 3-501.13 of the FDA Food Code.
(5) Any food requiring cooling shall be
cooled in the commissary as required in Subparts 3-501.14 and 3-501.15 of the
FDA Food Code. The mobile food business operator shall not cool cooked TCS food
on the food truck or food cart unless exempted by the local health officer
issuing the permit.
(6) Except
during preparation, cooking, or cooling, TCS foods shall be maintained:
(a) at 57 degrees C (135 degrees F) or above;
or
(b) at 5 degrees C (41 degrees
F) or less.
(7)
(a) Ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared and held
for more than 24 hours at a temperature of 5 degrees C (41 degrees F) or less
in a mobile food business shall be clearly marked to show the date or day by
which the food shall be consumed, sold, or discarded, which date shall be a
maximum of seven days from the date of preparation, with the day of preparation
being counted as day 1.
(b)
Ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared and packaged by a food processing plant and
opened and held for more than 24 hours at a temperature of 5 degrees C (41
degrees F) or less in a mobile food business, shall be clearly marked when the
original container is opened in a mobile food business to show the date or day
by which the food shall be consumed, sold, or discarded, with the day the
original container is opened being counted as day 1, and the day or date marked
by the mobile food business operator may not exceed a manufacturer's use-by
date if the manufacturer determined the use-by date based on food
safety.
(8) A
refrigerated, ready-to-eat TCS food ingredient or a portion of a refrigerated,
ready-to-eat, TCS food that is subsequently combined with additional
ingredients or portions of food shall keep the date marking of the
earliest-prepared or first-prepared ingredient.
(9) A food specified in Subsection (7) shall
be discarded if it:
(a) exceeds the
temperature and time combination specified in Subsection (7), except time that
the product is frozen;
(b) is in a
container or package that does not bear a date or day; or
(c) is appropriately marked with a date or
day that exceeds a temperature and time combination as specified in Subsection
(7).
Adopted by
Utah
State Bulletin Number 2018-12, effective
5/18/2018
Amended by
Utah
State Bulletin Number 2022-02, effective
1/3/2022
Amended by
Utah
State Bulletin Number 2023-15, effective
7/17/2023