Section 410IAC7-24-162. Parasite destruction

   (a) Except as specified in subsection (b), before service or sale in ready-to-eat form, raw, raw-marinated, partially cooked, or marinated-partially cooked fish other than molluscan shellfish shall be frozen throughout to a temperature of:

(1) minus four (4) degrees Fahrenheit or below for one hundred sixty-eight (168) hours (seven (7) days) in a freezer; or

(2) minus thirty-one (31) degrees Fahrenheit or below for fifteen (15) hours in a blast freezer.

  (b) If the fish are tuna of the species:

(1) Thunnus alalunga;

(2) Thunnus albacares (Yellowfin tuna);

(3) Thunnus atlanticus;

(4) Thunnus maccoyii (Bluefin tuna, Southern);

(5) Thunnus obesus (Bigeye tuna); or

(6) Thunnus thynnus (Bluefin tuna, Northern);

the fish may be served or sold in a raw, raw-marinated, or partially cooked ready-to-eat form without freezing as specified under subsection (a).

  (c) For purposes of this section, a violation of subsection (a) or (b) is a critical item. (Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 7-24-162; filed Oct 13, 2004, 12:30 p.m.: 28 IR 851; readopted filed Jul 15, 2010, 12:12 p.m.: 20100728-IR-410100261RFA; readopted filed Nov 10, 2016, 8:45 a.m.: 20161207-IR-410160371RFA)