Section 13604 - Temperature Requirements(a) Adequate mechanical refrigeration space shall be provided and each refrigerator shall be equipped with an easily readable thermometer. Wooden shelves are not permitted in the refrigerator. Readily perishable food shall be kept at 45 Fahrenheit, or below, at all times (except as provided in Subsection (b)). Readily perishable packaged food arranged for display and self-service may be held on an ice bed. Mobile units manufactured prior to the effective date of this Section are not required to have mechanical refrigeration space provided adequate nonmechanical refrigeration has been installed.(b) Adequate space shall be provided to maintain readily perishable food which is kept hot at a temperature of 140 Fahrenheit, or higher, and a suitable thermometer to test the internal temperature of food, accurate to plus or minus 2 Fahrenheit, must be available for measuring the temperature of the hot food. All readily perishable food which is not refrigerated shall be kept at 140 Fahrenheit, or higher, at all times.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 13604
1. Amendment filed 11-28-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter. Approved by Building Standards Commission November 10, 1972 (Register 72, No. 49).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 11-24-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 48).