Section 410IAC7-24-166. Specifications for receiving temperatures of food

   (a) Except as specified in subsection (b), refrigerated, potentially hazardous food shall be at a temperature of forty-one (41) degrees Fahrenheit or below when received.

  (b) If a temperature other than forty-one (41) degrees Fahrenheit for a potentially hazardous food is specified in law governing its distribution, such as laws governing milk, molluscan shellfish, and shell eggs, the food may be received at the specified temperature.

  (c) Potentially hazardous food that is cooked to a temperature and for a time specified under sections 182, 183, and 186 of this rule and received hot shall be at a temperature of one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees Fahrenheit or above.

  (d) A food that is labeled frozen and shipped frozen by a food processing plant shall be received frozen.

  (e) Upon receipt, potentially hazardous food shall be free of evidence of previous temperature abuse.

  (f) For purposes of this section, a violation of subsections (a) through (e) is a critical item. (Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 7-24-166; 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)