Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 585 - RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT REGULATIONS
Part III - Food
Article 2 - Sources, Specifications, and Original Containers and Records
Section 2VAC5-585-340 - Temperature.*

Universal Citation: 2 VA Admin Code 2VAC5-585-340

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024

A. Except as specified in subsection B of this section, refrigerated, time/temperature control for safety food shall be at a temperature of 41°F (5°C) or below when received.P

B. If a temperature other than 41°F (5°C) 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 45°F (7°C) or less.P

D. Time/temperature control for safety food that is cooked to a temperature and for a time specified under 2VAC5-585-700 through 2VAC5-585-720 and received hot shall be at a temperature of 135°F (57°C) or above.P

E. A food that is labeled frozen and shipped frozen by a food processing plant shall be received frozen.Pf

F. Upon receipt, time/temperature control for safety food shall be free of evidence of previous temperature abuse.Pf

Statutory Authority: § 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.

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