410 IAC 7-26-210 Thawing of food

Sec. 210. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (4), TCS food must be thawed: (1) under refrigeration that maintains the food temperature at not more than forty-one (41) degrees Fahrenheit, five (5) degrees Celsius; (2) completely submerged under running water: (A) at a water temperature not more than seventy (70) degrees Fahrenheit, twenty-one (21) degrees Celsius; (B) with enough water velocity to agitate and float off loose particles in an overflow; and (C) for a period that does not allow thawed portions of: (i) ready-to-eat food to rise above forty-one (41) degrees Fahrenheit, five (5) degrees Celsius; or (ii) a raw animal food requiring cooking as specified under section 198(a) and 198(b) of this rule to be above forty-one (41) degrees Fahrenheit, five (5) degrees Celsius, for more than four (4) hours, including the time: (AA) the food is exposed to the running water and the time needed for preparation for cooking; or (BB) it takes under refrigeration to lower the food temperature to forty-one (41) degrees Fahrenheit, five (5) degrees Celsius; (3) as part of a cooking process if the food that is frozen is: (A) cooked as specified under section 198(a), 198(b), 199, or 202 of this rule; or (B) thawed in a microwave oven and immediately transferred to conventional cooking equipment, with no interruption in the process; or (4) using any procedure if a portion of frozen ready-to-eat food is thawed and prepared for immediate service in response to an individual consumer's order. (b) Reduced oxygen packaged fish that bears a label indicating it is to be kept frozen until time of use must be removed from the reduced oxygen environment: (1) before thawing under refrigeration as specified in subsection (a)(1); or (2) immediately after thawing completely using procedures specified in subsection (a)(2). (c) For purposes of this section, a violation of subsection (a)(1) through (a)(3) is a PF item. (d) For purposes of this section, a violation of subsection (b) is a core item.