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Issue Number: Council I 026
Issue History
This is a brand new Issue.
Title
Frozen Foods Maintained Frozen
Issue you would like the Conference to consider
Clarifying that Time Temperature Control in both Section 3-202.11(E) and 3-501.11 of the 2013 FDA Food Code is only necessary for Time Temperature Control for Safety Food (TCS) foods and not all frozen foods.
Public Health Significance
Time Temperature Control in both Section 3-202.11(E) and 3-501.11 of the 2013 FDA Food Code is only necessary for Time Temperature Control for Safety Food (TCS) foods .
Recommended Solution: The Conference recommends...
a letter be sent to the FDA requesting the 2013 Food Code be amended as follows (language to be added is underlined; language to be deleted is in strikethrough format):
Section 3-302.11
(E) TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY A FOOD that is labeled frozen and shipped frozen by a FOOD PROCESSING PLANT shall be received frozen. Pf
and
Section 3-501.11
Stored frozen TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS shall be maintained frozen.
