HAR §11-50-2
HAR §11-50-2. dessert machine
Length: 5,043 wordsOfficial source
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 11-50-2
The term does not include the
cleaning of equipment such as band saws, slicers, or mixers
that are subjected to in-place manual cleaning without the
use of a CIP system.
"Color additive" has the meaning stated in the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, section 201(t) and 21 CFR
70. 3 (f).
"Commingle" means the act of combining different lots
of shellfish.
"Comminuted" means reduced in size by methods
including chopping, flaking, grinding, or mincing.
Comminuted includes fish or meat products that are reduced
in size and restructured or reformulated such as gefilte
fish, gyros, ground beef, and sausage; and a mixture of two
or more types of meat that have been reduced in size and
combined, such as sausages made from two or more meats.
"Conditional employee" means a potential food employee
to whom a job offer is made, conditional on responses to
subsequent medical questions or examinations designed to
identify potential food employees who may be suffering from
a disease that can be transmitted through food and done in
compliance with Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990.
"Confirmed disease outbreak" means a foodborne
disease outbreak in which laboratory analysis of
appropriate specimens identifies a causative agent and
epidemiological analysis implicates the food as the source
of the illness.
"Consumer" means a person who is a member of the
public, takes possession of food, is not functioning in the
capacity of an operator of a food establishment or food
processing plant, and does not offer the food for resale.
"Corrosion-resistant material" means a material that
maintains acceptable surface cleanability characteristics
under prolonged influence of the food to be contacted, the
normal use of cleaning compounds and sanitizing solutions,
and other conditions of the use environment.
"Counter-mounted equipment" means equipment that is
not portable and is designed to be mounted off the floor on
a table, counter, or shelf.
"Critical control point" means a point or procedure in
a specific food system where loss of control may result in
an unacceptable health risk.
"Critical limit" means the maximum or minimum value to
which a physical, biological, or chemical parameter must be
50-6
§11-50-2
controlled at a critical control point to minimize the risk
that the identified food safety hazard may occur.
"Cut leafy greens" means fresh leafy greens whose
leaves have been cut, shredded, sliced, chopped, or torn.
The term "leafy greens" includes iceberg lettuce, romaine
lettuce, leaf lettuce, butter lettuce, baby leaf lettuce
(i.e., immature lettuce or leafy greens), escarole, endive,
spring mix, spinach, cabbage, kale, arugula, and chard.
The term "leafy greens" does not include herbs such as
cilantro or parsley.
"Dealer" means a person who is authorized by a
shellfish control authority for the activities of
shellstock shipper, shucker-packer, repacker, reshipper, or
depuration processor of molluscan shellfish according to
the provisions of the National Shellfish Sanitation
Program.
"Department" means the department of health, State of
Hawaii.
"Director" means the director of health of the
department of health, State of Hawaii, or an authorized
representative.
"Disclosure" means a written statement that clearly
identifies the animal-derived foods which are, or can be
ordered, raw, undercooked, or without otherwise being
processed to eliminate pathogens, or items that contain an
ingredient that is raw, undercooked, or without otherwise
being processed to eliminate pathogens.
"Drinking water" means water that meets criteria as
specified in 40 CFR 141, entitled "National primary
drinking water regulations", and is traditionally known as
"potable water".
Drinking water includes the term "water"
except where the term used connotes that the water is not
potable, such as "boiler water", "mop water", "rainwater",
"wastewater", and "nondrinking" water.
"Dry storage area" means a room or area designated for
the storage of packaged or containerized bulk food that is
not time/temperature control for safety food and dry goods
such as single-service items.
"Easily cleanable" means a characteristic of a surface
that:
(1)
Allows effective removal of soil by normal
cleaning methods;
(2)
Is dependent on the material, design,
construction, and installation of the surface;
and
50-7
§11-50-2
(3)
Varies with the likelihood of the surface's role
in introducing pathogenic or toxigenic agents or
other contaminants into food based on the
surface's approved placement, purpose, and use.
(4)
Easily cleanable includes a tiered application of
the criteria that qualify the surface as easily
cleanable as specified in paragraph (1) to
different situations in which varying degrees of
cleanability are required such as:
(A)
The appropriateness of stainless steel for
a food preparation surface as opposed to
the lack of need for stainless steel to be
used for floors or for tables used for
consumer dining; or
(B)
The need for a different degree of
cleanability for a utilitarian attachment
or accessory in the kitchen as opposed to a
decorative attachment or accessory in the
consumer dining area.
"Egg" means the shell egg of avian species such as
chicken, duck, goose, guinea, quail, ratites, or turkey.
Egg does not include:
(1)
A balut;
(2)
The egg of reptile species such as
alligator; or
( 3)
An egg product .
"Egg product" means all, or a portion of, the contents
found inside eggs separated from the shell and pasteurized
in a food processing plant, with or without added
ingredients, intended for human consumption, such as dried,
frozen, or liquid eggs.
The term does not include food
which contains eggs only in a relatively small proportion
such as cake mixes.
"Employee" means the owner or operator, person in
charge, food employee, person having supervisory or
management duties, person on the payroll, family member,
volunteer, person performing work under contractual
agreement, or other person working in a food establishment.
"EPA" means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"Equipment" means an article that is used in the
operation of a food establishment such as a freezer,
grinder, hood, ice maker, meat block, mixer, oven, reach-in
refrigerator, scale, sink, slicer, stove, table,
temperature measuring device for ambient air, vending
machine, or warewashing machine.
This does not include
50-8
§11-50-2
apparatuses used for handling or storing large quantities
of packaged foods that are received from a supplier in a
cased or overwrapped lot, such as hand trucks, forklifts,
dollies, pallets, racks, and skids.
"Exclude" means to prevent a person from working as an
employee in a food establishment or entering a food
establishment as an employee.
"FDA" means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
"Fish" means fresh or saltwater finfish, crustaceans
and other forms of aquatic life (including alligator, frog,
aquatic turtle, jellyfish, sea cucumber, and sea urchin and
the roe of such animals) other than birds or mammals, and
all mollusks, if such animal life is intended for human
consumption.
Fish includes an edible human food product
derived in whole or in part from fish, including fish that
have been processed in any manner.
"Food" means a raw, cooked, or processed edible
substance, ice, beverage, or ingredient used or intended
for use or for sale in whole or in part for human
consumption, or chewing gum.
"Food additive" has the meaning stated in the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, section 201(s) and 21 CFR
170.3(e)(l).
"Food-contact surface" means:
(1)
A surface of equipment or a utensil with which
food normally comes into contact; or
(2)
A surface of equipment or a utensil from which
food may drain, drip, or splash:
(A)
Into a food; or
(B)
Onto a surface normally in contact with
food.
"Food employee" means an individual working with
unpackaged food, food equipment or utensils, or food-
contact surfaces.
"Food establishment" means:
(1)
Any place or portion thereof, maintained, used,
or operated for the purpose of storing,
preparing, serving, manufacturing, packaging,
transporting, or otherwise handling food for
distribution at retail or wholesale to the
public; and
(2)
Any place or portion thereof, used in support of
and in conjunction with any other food
establishment.
"Food processing plant" means a commercial operation
that manufactures, packages, labels, or stores food for
50-9
§11-50-2
human consumption, and provides food for sale or
distribution to other business entities such as food
processing plants or food establishments.
"Game animal" means an animal, the products of which
are food, that is not classified as livestock, sheep,
swine, goat, horse, mule, or other equine in 9 CFR 301.2,
entitled "Definitions", or as poultry, or fish.
(1)
Game animals includes mammals such as reindeer,
elk, deer, antelope, water buffalo, bison,
rabbit, squirrel, opossum, raccoon, nutria, or
muskrat, and nonaquatic reptiles such as land
snakes.
(2)
Game animal does not include ratites.
"General use pesticide" means a pesticide that is not
classified by EPA for restricted use as specified in 40 CFR
152.175, entitled "Pesticides classified for restricted
use".
"Grade A standards" means the requirements of the
United States Public Health Service/FDA "Grade A
Pasteurized Milk Ordinance" with which certain fluid and
dry milk and milk products comply.
"HACCP" means Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point.
"HACCP plan" means a written document that delineates
the formal procedures for following the hazard analysis and
critical control point principles developed by The National
Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods.
"Hand-pounded poi" means a product made from the
process of manually pulverizing cooked taro with a stone
implement on a wooden board designed for the purpose of
pounding poi.
"Handwashing sink" means a lavatory, a basin or vessel
for washing, a wash basin, or a plumbing fixture especially
placed for use in personal hygiene and designed for the
washing of the hands.
A handwashing sink includes an
automatic handwashing facility.
"Hazard" means a biological, chemical, or physical
property that may cause an unacceptable consumer health
risk.
"Health practitioner" means a physician licensed to
practice medicine, or if allowed by law, a nurse
practitioner, physician assistant, or similar medical
professional.
"Hermetically sealed container" means a container that
is designed and intended to be secure against the entry of
microorganisms and, in the case of low acid canned foods,
50-10
§11-50-2
to maintain the commercial sterility of its contents after
processing.
"Highly susceptible population" means persons who are
more likely than other people in the general population to
experience foodborne disease because they are:
(1)
Immunocompromised; preschool age children, or
older adults; and
(2)
Obtaining food at a facility that provides
services such as custodial care, health care, or
assisted living, such as a child or adult day
care center, kidney dialysis center, hospital or
nursing home, or nutritional or socialization
services such as a senior center.
"Home kitchen" means a kitchen designed and intended
for use by the residents of a home.
"Homemade food products" means:
(1)
Not time/temperature control for safety food
produced or packaged in a home kitchen that does
not include dried meats or seafood; and
(2)
Foods of plant origin that are pickled,
fermented, or acidified, except for cantaloupes
and other fruits from the melon family, that are
produced or packaged in a home kitchen that have
a pH of equal to or less than 4.2 or a Aw value
that is less than 0.88; provided that any
homemade food product containing cut tomatoes,
such as salsa, must be kept refrigerated at or
below forty-one degrees Fahrenheit.
"HRS" means the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Imminent health hazard" means a significant threat or
danger to health that is considered to exist when there is
evidence sufficient to show that a product, practice,
circumstance, or event creates a situation that requires
immediate correction or cessation of operation to prevent
injury based on:
(1) The number of potential injuries; and
(2) The nature, severity, and duration of the
anticipated injury.
"Injected" means manipulating meat to which a solution
has been introduced into its interior by processes that are
referred to as "injecting", "pump marinating", or "stitch
pumping".
"In-shell product" means non-living processed
shellfish with one or both shells present.
"Intact meat" means a cut of whole muscle(s) meat that
has not undergone comminution, mechanical tenderization,
50-11
§11-50-2
vacuum tumbling with solutions, reconstruction, cubing or
pounding.
"Juice" means the aqueous liquid expressed or
extracted from one or more fruits or vegetables, purees of
the edible portions of one or more fruits or vegetables, or
any concentrates of such liquid or puree.
The term does
not include, for purposes of HACCP, liquids, purees, or
concentrates that are not used as beverages or ingredients
of beverages.
"Kitchenware" means food preparation and storage
utensils.
"Law" means applicable local, state, and federal
statutes, regulations, rules, and ordinances.
"Linens" means fabric items such as cloth hampers,
cloth napkins, table cloths, wiping cloths, and work
garments including cloth gloves.
"Major food allergen":
(1)
Means:
(A)
Milk, egg, fish (such as bass, flounder,
cod, and including crustacean shellfish
such as crab, lobster, or shrimp), tree
nuts (such as almonds, pecans, or walnuts),
wheat, peanuts, soybeans, and sesame; or
(B)
A food ingredient that contains protein
derived from a food as specified in
subparagraph (A);
(2)
Major food allergen does not include:
(A)
Any highly refined oil derived from a food
specified in paragraph (1) (A) and any
ingredient derived from such highly refined
oil; or
(B)
Any ingredient that is exempt under the
petition or notification process specified
in the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer
Protection Act of 2004 (Public Law
108-282).
"Meat" means the flesh of animals used as food
including the dressed flesh of cattle, swine, sheep, or
goats and other edible animals, except fish, poultry, and
wild game animals as specified in section 11-50-31 (g) (1) (C)
and (D).
"Mechanically tenderized" means manipulating meat by
piercing with a set of needles, pins, blades or any
mechanical device, which breaks up muscle fiber and tough
connective tissue, to increase tenderness.
This includes
injection, scoring, and processes which may be referred to
50-12
as "blade tenderizing", "jaccarding", "pinning", or
needling".
§11-50-2
"Menu change" means a modification of a food
establishment's menu that would require a change in the
food establishment's food preparation methods, equipment,
or storage capacity previously approved by the director.
These changes may include but are not limited to, the
addition of time/temperature control for safety foods to a
menu, installation of new food preparation or storage
equipment, or increasing storage capacity.
"mg/L" means milligrams per liter, which is the metric
equivalent of parts per million (ppm).
"Molluscan shellfish" means any edible species of
fresh or frozen oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops or
edible portions thereof, except when the scallop product
consists only of the shucked adductor muscle. Molluscan
shellfish includes shellstock, shucked shellfish, and in-
shell products.
"Natural disaster" means any disaster such as a
tsunami, hurricane, volcanic eruption, typhoon, earthquake,
or flood.
"Non-continuous cooking" means the cooking of food in
a food establishment using a process in which the initial
heating of the food is intentionally halted so that it may
be cooled and held for complete cooking at a later time
prior to sale or service.
The term does not include
cooking procedures that only involve temporarily
interrupting or slowing an otherwise continuous cooking
process.
"Owner" means a person who has vested rights in equity
or at law in the real property or proprietary interests of
the food establishment or any part of it.
"Operator" means the person responsible for the
overall management of the food establishment.
"Packaged" means bottled, canned, cartoned, bagged, or
wrapped, whether packaged in a food establishment or a food
processing plant.
The term does not include food wrapped
or placed in a carry-out container to protect it during
service or delivery to the consumer by a food employee.
"Permit" means the document issued by the director
that authorizes a person to operate a food establishment.
"Person" means an association, a corporation,
individual, partnership, other legal entity, government, or
governmental subdivision or agency.
50-13
§11-50-2
"Person in charge" means the individual present at a
food establishment who is responsible for the operation at
the time of inspection.
"Personal care items" means items or substances that
may be poisonous, toxic, or a source of contamination and
are used to maintain or enhance a person's health, hygiene,
or appearance.
Personal care items include medicines;
first aid supplies; and other items such as cosmetics, and
toiletries such as toothpaste and mouthwash.
"pH" means the symbol for the negative logarithm of
the hydrogen ion concentration, which is a measure of the
degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
Values
between zero and seven indicate acidity and values between
seven and fourteen indicate alkalinity.
The value for pure
distilled water is seven, which is considered neutral.
"Physical facilities" means the structure and interior
surfaces of a food establishment including accessories such
as soap and towel dispensers and attachments such as light
fixtures and heating or air conditioning system vents.
"Plumbing fixture" means a receptacle or device that:
(1) Is permanently or temporarily connected to the
water distribution system of the premises and
demands a supply of water from the system; or
(2) Discharges used water, waste materials, or sewage
directly or indirectly to the drainage system of
the premises.
"Plumbing system" means the water supply and
distribution pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil,
waste, and vent pipes; sanitary and storm sewers and
building drains, including their respective connections,
devices, and appurtenances within the premises; and water-
treating equipment.
"Poisonous or toxic materials" means substances that
are not intended for ingestion and are included in four
categories:
(1)
Cleaners and sanitizers, which include cleaning
and sanitizing agents and agents such as
caustics, acids, drying agents, polishes, and
other chemicals;
(2)
Pesticides, except sanitizers, which include
substances such as insecticides and rodenticides;
(3)
Substances necessary for the operation and
maintenance of the establishment such as nonfood
grade lubricants and personal care items that may
be deleterious to health; and
50-14
§11-50-2
(4)
Substances that are not necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the establishment
and are on the premises for retail sale, such as
petroleum products and paints.
(5)
Restricted use pesticide means a pesticide
product that contains the active ingredients
specified in 40 CFR 152.175 Pesticides classified
for restricted use, and that is limited to use by
or under the direct supervision of a certified
applicator.
"Poultry" means:
(1)
Any domesticated bird (chickens, turkeys, ducks,
geese, guineas, ratites, or squabs), whether live
or dead, as defined in 9 CFR 381.1 Poultry
products inspection regulations definitions,
poultry; and
(2)
Any migratory waterfowl or game bird, pheasant,
partridge, quail, grouse, or pigeon, whether live
or dead, as defined in 9 CFR 362.1 Voluntary
poultry inspection regulations, definitions.
"Premises" means:
(1)
The physical facility, its contents, and the
contiguous land or property under the control of
the owner or operator; or
(2)
The physical facility, its contents, and the land
or property not described in paragraph (1) if its
facilities and contents are under the control of
the owner or operator and may impact food
establishment personnel, facilities, or
operations, and a food establishment is only one
component of a larger operation such as a health
care facility, hotel, motel, school, recreational
camp, or prison.
"Primal cut" means a basic major cut into which
carcasses and sides of meat are separated, such as a beef
round, pork loin, lamb flank, or veal breast.
"Public water system" has the meaning stated in 40 CFR
141, entitled "National primary drinking water
regulations".
"Ratite" means a flightless bird such as an emu,
ostrich, or rhea.
"Reduced oxygen packaging":
(1)
Means:
(A)
The reduction of the amount of oxygen in a
package by removing oxygen; displacing
oxygen and replacing it with another gas or
50-15
§11-50-2
combination of gases; or otherwise
controlling the oxygen content to a level
below that normally found in the atmosphere
(approximately twenty-one per cent at sea
level); and
(B)
A process as specified in subparagraph (A)
that involves a food for which the hazards
Clostridium botulinum or Listeria
monocytogenes require control in the final
packaged form;
(2)
Reduced oxygen packaging includes:
(A)
Vacuum packaging, in which air is removed
from a package of food and the package is
hermetically sealed so that a vacuum
remains inside the package;
(B)
Modified atmosphere packaging, in which the
atmosphere of a package of food is modified
so that its composition is different from
air but the atmosphere may change over time
due to the permeability of the packaging
material or the respiration of the food.
Modified atmosphere packaging includes
reduction in the proportion of oxygen,
total replacement of oxygen, or an increase
in the proportion of other gases such as
carbon dioxide or nitrogen;
(C)
Controlled atmosphere packaging, in which
the atmosphere of a package of food is
modified so that until the package is
opened, its composition is different from
air, and continuous control of that
atmosphere is maintained, such as by using
oxygen scavengers or a combination of total
replacement of oxygen, nonrespiring food,
and impermeable packaging material;
(D)
Cook chill packaging, in which cooked food
is hot filled into impermeable bags that
are then sealed or crimped closed.
The
bagged food is rapidly chilled and
refrigerated at temperatures that inhibit
the growth of psychrotrophic pathogens; or
(E)
Sous vide packaging, in which raw or
partially cooked food is vacuum packaged in
an impermeable bag, cooked in the bag,
rapidly chilled, and refrigerated at
50-16
§11-50-2
temperatures that inhibit the growth of
psychrotrophic pathogens.
"Refuse" means solid waste not carried by water
through the sewage system.
"Regulatory authority" means the local, state, or
federal enforcement body or authorized representative
having jurisdiction over the food establishment.
"Reminder" means a written statement concerning the
health risk of consuming animal foods raw, undercooked, or
without otherwise being processed to eliminate pathogens.
"Re-service" means the transfer of food that is unused
and returned by a consumer after being served or sold and
in the possession of the consumer, to another person.
"Restrict" means to limit the activities of a food
employee so that there is no risk of transmitting a disease
that is transmissible through food and the food employee
does not work with exposed food, clean equipment, utensils,
linens, or unwrapped single-service or single-use articles.
"Restricted egg" means any check, dirty egg, incubator
reject, inedible, leaker, or loss as defined in 9 CFR 590.
"Restricted use pesticide" means a pesticide product
that contains the active ingredients specified in 40 CFR
152.175, entitled "Pesticides classified for restricted
use" and that is limited to use by or under the direct
supervision of a certified applicator.
"Risk" means the likelihood that an adverse health
effect will occur within a population as a result of a
hazard in a food.
"Safe material" means:
(1)
An article manufactured from or composed of
materials that may not reasonably be expected to
result, directly or indirectly, in their becoming
a component or otherwise affecting the
characteristics of any food;
(2)
An additive that is used as specified in section
409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;
or
(3)
Other materials that are not additives and that
are used in conformity with applicable
regulations of the Food and Drug Administration.
"Sanitization" means the application of cumulative
heat or chemicals on cleaned food-contact surfaces that,
when evaluated for efficacy, is sufficient to yield a
reduction of five logs, which is equal to a 99.999 per cent
reduction, of representative disease microorganisms of
public health importance.
50-17
§11-50-2
"Sealed" means free of cracks or other openings that
allow the entry or passage of moisture.
"Service animal" means an animal that meets the
criteria as specified in 28 CFR 36, entitled
"Nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in public
places and commercial facilities".
"Servicing area" means an operating base location to
which a mobile food establishment or transportation vehicle
returns regularly for such things as vehicle and equipment
cleaning, discharging liquid or solid wastes, refilling
water tanks and ice bins, and boarding food.
"Sewage" means liquid waste containing animal or
vegetable matter in suspension or solution and may include
liquids containing chemicals in solution.
"Shellfish control authority" means a state, federal,
foreign, tribal, or other government entity legally
responsible for administering a program that includes
certification of molluscan shellfish harvesters and dealers
for interstate commerce.
"Shellstock" means live molluscan shellfish in the
shell.
"Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia Coli" (STEC) means
any E. Coli capable of producing Shiga toxins (also called
verocytotoxins). STEC infections can be asymptomatic or may
result in a spectrum of illness ranging from mild non-
bloody diarrhea, to hemorrhagic colitis (i.e., blood
diarrhea), to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS -
a type of
kidney failure).
Examples of serotypes of STEC include:
E.coli O157:H7; E.coli O157:NM; E.coli O26:Hll; E.coli
O145:NM; E.coli O103:H2; and E.coli O111:NM.
STEC are
sometimes referred to as VTEC (verocytotoxigenic E.coli) or
as EHEC (Enterohemorrhagic E.coli).
EHEC are a subset of
STEC of which can cause hemorrhagic colitis or HUS.
"Shucked shellfish" means molluscan shellfish that
have both shells removed.
"Single-service articles" means tableware, carry-out
utensils, and other items such as bags, containers,
placemats, stirrers, straws, toothpicks, and wrappers that
are designed and constructed for one time, one person use
after which they are intended for discard.
"Single-use articles" means utensils and bulk food
containers designed and constructed to be used once and
discarded.
Single-use articles includes items such as wax
paper, butcher paper, plastic wrap, formed aluminum food
containers, jars, plastic tubs or buckets, bread wrappers,
pickle barrels, ke·tchup bottles, and number 10 cans which
50-18
<I
§11-50-2
do not meet the materials, durability, strength, and
cleanability specifications in sections 11-50-45(a) and
ll-50-46(a) and (c) for multiuse utensils.
"Slacking" means the process of moderating the
temperature of a food such as allowing a food to gradually
increase from a temperature of minus ten degrees Fahrenheit
to twenty-five degrees Fahrenheit in preparation for deep-
fat frying or to facilitate even heat penetration during
the cooking of previously block-frozen food such as shrimp.
"Smooth" means:
(1)
A food-contact surface having a surface free of
pits and inclusions with a cleanability equal to
or exceeding that of (100 grit) number 3
stainless steel;
(2)
A nonfood-contact surface of equipment having a
surface equal to that of commercial grade hot-
rolled steel free of visible scale; and
(3)
A floor, wall, or ceiling having an even or level
surface with no roughness or projections that
renders it difficult to clean.
"Special event" means a planned activity where food is
distributed to the public with or without charge at a
single specified location held indoors or outdoors, on
public or privately owned property, and may include a
sporting event, carnival, fairs, farmer's markets, public
exhibition, festival, religious organization function,
parade or other similar gathering.
"State" means the State of Hawaii.
"Support kitchen" means a food establishment that
provides facilities or services in support of another food
establishment for cleaning, storage, food preparation,
cooking, cooling, reheating, servicing water supply, or
wastewater disposal.
A private home kitchen shall not be
used as an approved support kitchen.
"Tableware" means eating, drinking, and serving
utensils for table use such as flatware including forks,
knives, and spoons; hollowware including bowls, cups,
serving dishes, and tumblers; and plates.
"Temperature measuring device" means a thermometer,
thermocouple, thermistor, or other device that indicates
the temperature of food, air, or water.
"Time/temperature control for safety food" means a
food that requires time/temperature control for safety
(TCS) to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin
formation.
50-19
§11-50-2
(1)
Time/temperature control for safety food
includes:
(A)
An animal food that is raw or heat-treated;
a plant food that is heat-treated or
consists of raw seed sprouts, cut melons,
cut leafy greens, cut tomatoes or mixtures
of cut tomatoes that are not modified in a
way so that they are unable to support
pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin
formation, or garlic-in-oil mixtures that
are not modified in a way so that they are
unable to support pathogenic microorganism
growth or toxin formation; and
(B)
Except as specified in paragraph (2) (D), a
food that because of the interaction of its
Aw and pH values is designated as Product
Assessment Required (PA) in Table 2-3 or
Table 2-4:
Table 2-3
Interaction of pH and A,. for control of spores in
food heat-treated to destroy vegetative cells and
subsequently packaged
pH values
Aw values
4.6 or less
> 4.6 to 5.6
> 5.6
:-:;;o. 92
non-TCS food
non-TCS food
non-TCS
>0.92 to 0.95
non-TCS food
non-TCS food
PA
>0.95
non-TCS food
PA
PA
Table 2-4
Interaction of pH and A,. for control of
vegetative cells and spores in food not heat-treated or
heat-treated but not packaged
Aw
pH values
food
values
< 4.2
4.2 to 4.6
> 4.6 to 5.0
> 5.0
<0.88
non-TCS food
non-TCS food
non-TCS food
non-TCS food
0.88 to
non-TCS food
non-TCS food
non-TCS food
PA
0.90
>0.90
non-TCS food
non-TCS food
PA
PA
to 0.92
>0.92
non-TCS food
PA
PA
PA
50-20
§11-50-2
(2)
Time/Temperature control for safety food does not
include:
(A)
An air-cooled hard-boiled egg with shell
intact, or an egg with shell intact that is
not hard-boiled, but has been pasteurized
to destroy all viable salmonellae;
(B)
A food in an unopened hermetically sealed
container that is commercially processed to
achieve and maintain commercial sterility
under condition of non-refrigerated storage
and distribution;
(C)
A food that because of its pH or Aw value,
or interaction of Aw and pH values, is
designated as a non-TCS food in Table 2-3
or Table 2-4;
(D)
A food that is designated as Product
Assessment Required (PA) in Table 2-3 or
Table 2-4 and has undergone a Product
Assessment showing that the growth or toxin
formation of pathogenic microorganisms that
are reasonably likely to occur in that food
is precluded due to:
(i)
Intrinsic factors including added or
natural characteristics of the food
such as preservatives, antimicrobials,
humectants, acidulants, or nutrients;
(ii) Extrinsic factors including
environmental or operational factors
that affect the food such as
packaging, modified atmosphere such as
reduced oxygen packaging, shelf life
and use, or temperature range of
storage and use; or
(iii) A combination of intrinsic or
extrinsic ·factors; or
(E)
A food that does not support the growth or
toxin formation of pathogenic
microorganisms in accordance with one of
the paragraphs (2) (A) to (D) of this
definition even though the food may contain
a pathogenic microorganism or chemical or
physical contaminant at a level sufficient
to cause illness or injury.
"Tobacco product" has the meaning stated in the
Federal Food, Drug, and.Cosmetic Act §201(rr) (21 U.S.C.
321 (rr)) .
50-21