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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-A1005. TEMPERATURE AND TIME CONTROL - POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD), HOT AND COLD HOLDING  

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    1005.1Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified in § 1009, potentially hazardous food (time/ temperature control for safety food) shall be maintained: 

     

    (a)At fifty-seven degrees Celsius (57o C) (one hundred thirty-five degrees  Fahrenheit (135o F)) or above, except that roasts cooked to a temperature  and for a time specified in § 900.2 or reheated as specified in § 906.5 may  be held at a temperature of fifty-four degrees Celsius (54o C) (one  hundred thirty degrees Fahrenheit (130o F)) or above; P   or 

     

    (b)At five degrees Celsius (5o C) (forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (41o F)) or  less. P

     

    1005.2Eggs that have not been treated to destroy all viable Salmonellae shall be stored in refrigerated equipment that maintains an ambient air temperature of seven degrees Celsius (7o C) (forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (45o  F)) or less. P

     

    1005.3Potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) in a homogenous liquid form may be maintained outside of the temperature control requirements, as specified in § 1005.1, while contained within specifically designed equipment that complies with the design and construction requirements as specified in § 1515.5 

     

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, 6249 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).