OAC 310:257-3-21

Handling prohibition

Last amended: 2006Year: 2026Length: 567 wordsOfficial source

Cite as Okla. Admin. Code § 310:257-3-21

(a) Pf Except as specified in (b) of this Section, food employees may not care for or handle animals that may be present such as patrol dogs, service animals, or pets that are allowed as specified in OAC 310:257-11-54(b)(2-5). (b) Food employees with service animals may handle or care for their service animals and food employees may handle or care for fish in aquariums or molluscan shellfish or crustacea in display tanks if they wash their hands as specified under OAC 310:257-3-10 and OAC 310:257- 3-12(3). OAC 310:257 OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Page | 32 Subchapter 5-Food Section 310:257-5-1 Safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented Section 310:257-5-2 Compliance with food law Section 310:257-5-3 Food in a hermetically sealed container Section 310:257-5-4 Fluid milk and milk products Section 310:257-5-5 Fish Section 310:257-5-6 Molluscan shellfish Section 310:257-5-7 Wild mushrooms Section 310:257-5-8 Game Animals Section 310:257-5-9 Temperature Section 310:257-5-10 Additives Section 310:257-5-11 Eggs Section 310:257-5-12 Eggs and milk products, pasteurized Section 310:257-5-13 Package integrity Section 310:257-5-14 Ice Section 310:257-5-15 Shucked shellfish, packaging and identification Section 310:257-5-16 Shellstock identification Section 310:257-5-17 Shellstock, condition Section 310:257-5-18 Juice treated Section 310:257-5-19 Molluscan shellfish, original container Section 310:257-5-20 Shellstock, maintaining identification Section 310:257-5-21 Preventing contamination from hands Section 310:257-5-22 Preventing contamination when tasting Section 310:257-5-23 Packaged and unpackaged food-separation, packaging, and segregation Section 310:257-5-24 Food storage containers, identified with common name of food Section 310:257-5-25 Pasteurized eggs, substitute for raw eggs for certain recipes Section 310:257-5-26 Protection from unapproved additives Section 310:257-5-27 Washing fruits and vegetables Section 310:257-5-28 Ice used as exterior coolant, prohibited as ingredient Section 310:257-5-29 Storage or display of food in contact with water or ice Section 310:257-5-30 Food contact with equipment and utensils Section 310:257-5-31 In-use utensils, between-use storage Section 310:257-5-32 Linens and napkins, use limitation Section 310:257-5-33 Wiping cloths, use limitation Section 310:257-5-34 Gloves, use limitation Section 310:257-5-35 Using clean tableware for second portions and refills Section 310:257-5-36 Refilling returnables Section 310:257-5-37 Food storage OAC 310:257 OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Page | 33 Section 310:257-5-38 Food storage, prohibited areas Section 310:257-5-39 Vended Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, original container Section 310:257-5-40 Food preparation Section 310:257-5-41 Food display Section 310:257-5-42 Condiments, protection Section 310:257-5-43 Consumer self-service operations Section 310:257-5-44 Returned food and re-service of food Section 310:257-5-45 Miscellaneous sources of contamination Section 310:257-5-46 Raw animal foods Section 310:257-5-47 Microwave cooking Section 310:257-5-48 Plant food cooking for hot holding Section 310:257-5-48.1 Non-Continuous Cooking of Raw Animal Section 310:257-5-49 Parasite destruction Section 310:257-5-50 Records, creation and retention Section 310:257-5-51 Preparation for immediate service Section 310:257-5-52 Reheating for hot holding Section 310:257-5-53 Treating juice Section 310:257-5-54 Frozen food Section 310:257-5-55 Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, slacking Section 310:257-5-56 Thawing Section 310:257-5-57 Cooling Section 310:257-5-58 Cooling methods Section 310:257-5-59 Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, hot and cold holding Section 310:257-5-60 Ready-to-eat, Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, date marking Section 310:257-5-61 Ready-to-eat, Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, disposition Section 310:257-5-62 Time as a public health control Section 310:257-5-63 Variance requirement Section 310:257-5-64 Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance, criteria Section 310:257-5-65 Standards of identity Section 310:257-5-66 Honestly presented Section 310:257-5-67 Food labels Section 310:257-5-68 Other forms of information Section 310:257-5-69 Consumption of animal foods that are raw, undercooked, or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens Section 310:257-5-70 Discarding or reconditioning unsafe, adulterated, or contaminated food Section 310:257-5-71 Pasteurized foods, prohibited re-service, and prohibited food OAC 310:257 OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Page | 34
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