Waiver by approval of written plan for alternate methods of food preparation.

A food establishment operator shall submit and obtain a waiver by approval of a written plan from the health authority before: 1. Smoking food as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement; 2. Curing food; 3. Using food additives or adding components, including, without limitation, vinegar: (a) As a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement; or (b) To render a food so that it is not potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety food); 4. Packaging food using a reduced oxygen packaging method, except as specified in this chapter, where a barrier to Clostridium botulinum in addition to refrigeration exists; 5. Operating a molluscan shellfish life-support system display tank used to store and display shellfish that are offered for human consumption; 6. Custom processing animals that are for personal use as food and not for sale or service in the food establishment; 7. Preparing food by another method that is determined by the health authority to require a waiver; or 8. Sprouting seeds or beans.