SPECIALIZED PROCESSING VARIANCE REQUIREMENTS. 3-502.11

A food establishment must obtain a variance from the regulatory authority as specified in parts 4626.1690 to 4626.1700 before: A. smoking food as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement; P2 B. curing food; P2 C. using food additives or adding components, such as vinegar: (1) as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement; P2 or (2) to render a food so that it is not TCS; P2 D. packaging TCS food using a reduced oxygen packaging method except where the growth of and toxin formation by Clostridium botulinum and the growth of Listeria monocytogenes are controlled as specified in part 4626.0420 ; P2 E. operating a molluscan shellfish life-support system display tank used to store and display shellfish that are offered for human consumption; P2 F. custom processing game animals that are for personal use as food and not for sale or service in a food establishment and not under USDA or "state equal to" inspections; P2 G. sprouting seeds or beans; P2 or H. preparing food by any method that is not in compliance with this Code. P2