Time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature, may be used as the public health control for a working supply of potentially hazardous food before cooking or for ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food that is displayed or held for service for immediate consumption, if the following requirements are met:
(1) The food is marked or otherwise identified with the time within which it must be cooked, served, or discarded;(2) The food is served or discarded within four hours from the time when the food is removed from temperature control;(3) Food in unmarked containers or packages, or for which the time expires, is discarded; and(4) Written procedures are maintained in the food establishment and made available to the regulatory authority upon request to ensure compliance with subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this section and § 44:02:07:32 for food that is prepared, cooked, and refrigerated before time is used as a public health control. Once time is implemented as a control measure for potentially hazardous food, no other measures may be substituted.
S.D. Admin. R. 44:02:07:40
23 SDR 195, effective 5/26/1997.General Authority: SDCL 34-1-17, 34-18-22.
Law Implemented: SDCL 34-18-22, 34-18-25.