Minn. R. agency 144, ch. 4626, PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATION, pt. 4626.0235

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 20, November 12, 2024

Part 4626.0235 - PREVENTING CROSS-CONTAMINATION.* 3-302.11

A. Food must be protected from cross-contamination by:

(1) except as specified in unit (c), separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from:

(a) raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi, or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as fruits and vegetables;_P1

(b) cooked ready-to-eat food;_P1 and

(c) frozen, commercially processed and packaged raw animal food may be stored or displayed with or above frozen, commercially processed and packaged, ready-to-eat food;

(2) except when combined as ingredients, separating types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by:

(a) using separate equipment for each type of food;_P1 or

(b) arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross-contamination of one type with another is prevented;_P1 and

(c) preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas;_P1

(3) cleaning equipment and utensils as specified in part 4626.0845, item A, and sanitizing as specified in part 4626.0905;

(4) storing the food in packages, covered containers, or wrappings, except as specified in item B

(5) cleaning hermetically sealed containers of food of visible soil before opening;

(6) protecting food containers that are received packaged together in a case or overwrap from cuts when the case or overwrap is opened;

(7) storing damaged, spoiled, or recalled food being held in the food establishment as specified in part 4626.1505; and

(8) separating fruits and vegetables, before they are washed as specified in part 4626.0255, from ready-to-eat food.

B. Item A, subitem (4), does not apply to:

(1) whole, uncut, raw fruits and vegetables and nuts in the shell that require peeling or hulling before consumption;

(2) primal cuts, quarters, or sides of raw meat or slab bacon that are hung on clean, sanitized hooks or placed on clean, sanitized racks;

(3) whole, uncut, processed meats such as country hams and smoked or cured sausages that are placed on clean, sanitized racks;

(4) food being cooled as specified in part 4626.0390, item B, subitem (2); or

(5) shellstock.

Minn. R. agency 144, ch. 4626, PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATION, pt. 4626.0235

23 SR 519

43 SR 295

Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.11; 144.05; 144.08; 144.12; 157.011