Section 410IAC7-24-192. Disposition of ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food; date marking

   (a) A food specified in section 191(a) or 191(b) of this rule shall be discarded if it:

(1) exceeds either of the temperature and time combinations specified in section 191(a) of this rule, except time that the product is frozen;

(2) is in a container or package that does not bear a date or day; or

(3) is appropriately marked with a date or day that exceeds a temperature and time combination as specified in section 191(a) of this rule.

  (b) Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared in a retail food establishment and dispensed through a vending machine with an automatic shutoff control shall be discarded if it exceeds a temperature and time combination as specified in section 191(a) of this rule.

  (c) For purposes of this section, a violation of subsection (a) or (b) is a critical item. (Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 7-24-192; filed Oct 13, 2004, 12:30 p.m.: 28 IR 859; readopted filed Jul 15, 2010, 12:12 p.m.: 20100728-IR-410100261RFA; readopted filed Nov 10, 2016, 8:45 a.m.: 20161207-IR-410160371RFA)