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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 25. FOOD OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE FACILITIES
 SubTilte 25-A. FOOD AND FOOD OPERATIONS
 Chapter 25-A10. LIMITATION OF GROWTH OF ORGANISMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN

  Section 25-A1003. TEMPERATURE AND TIME CONTROL - COOLING  

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    1003.1Cooked potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) shall be cooled: 

     

    (a)Within two (2) hours, from fifty-seven degrees Celsius (57o C) (one  hundred thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit (135o F)) to twenty-one degrees  Celsius (21o C) (seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70o F)); P and

     

    (b)Within six (6) hours, from fifty-seven degrees Celsius (57o C) (one  hundred thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit (135o F) to five degrees Celsius (5o  C) (forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (41o  F)) or less. P 

     

    1003.2Potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) shall be cooled within four (4) hours to five degrees Celsius (5o C) (forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (41o F)) or less if prepared from ingredients at ambient temperature, such as reconstituted foods and canned tuna. P 

     

    1003.3Except as specified in § 1003.4, a potentially hazardous food (time/ temperature control for safety food) received in compliance with laws allowing a temperature above five degrees Celsius (5o C) (forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (41o F)) during shipment from the supplier as specified in § 707.2, shall be cooled within four (4) hours to five degrees Celsius (5o C) (forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (41o F)) or less.P

     

    1003.4Raw eggs shall be received as specified in § 707.3 and immediately placed in refrigerated equipment that maintains an ambient air temperature of seven degrees Celsius (7o C) (forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (45o F)) or less. P 

     

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246: D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002 and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6247-48 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).