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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-A7. SOURCES, SPECIFICATIONS, AND ORIGINAL CONTAINERS AND RECORDS FOR FOOD

  Section 25-A707. SPECIFICATIONS FOR RECEIVING - TEMPERATURE  

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    707.1Except as specified in § 707.2, refrigerated, potentially hazardous food (time/ temperature control for safety food) shall be at a temperature of five degrees Celsius (5o C) (forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (41o F)) or below when received. P 

     

    707.2If a temperature other than five degrees Celsius (5o C) (forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (41o F)) for a potentially hazardous food (time/ temperature control for safety food) is specified in law governing its distribution, such as laws governing milk and molluscan shellfish, the food may be received at the specified temperature.

     

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

     

    707.4Potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) that is cooked to a temperature and for a time specified in §§ 900 through 902, and received hot shall be at a temperature of fifty-seven degrees Celsius (57o C) (one hundred thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit (135o F)) or above. P 

     

    707.5A food that is labeled frozen and shipped frozen by a food processing plant shall be received frozen. Pf 

     

    707.6Upon receipt, potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) shall be free of evidence of previous temperature abuse. Pf 

     

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, 6226-27 (July5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).