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California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 114000

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), if time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature, is used as the public health control for a working supply of potentially hazardous food before cooking or for ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food that is displayed or held for service for immediate consumption, the following shall occur:

(1) The food shall be marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is four hours past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control.

(2) The food shall be cooked and served, served if ready-to-eat, or discarded within four hours from the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control.

(3) The food in unmarked containers or packages or marked to exceed a four-hour limit shall be discarded.

(4) Written procedures shall be maintained in the food facility and made available to the enforcement agency upon request, that ensure compliance with this section andSection 114002, for food that is prepared, cooked, and refrigerated before time is used as a public health control.

(b) Time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature, may not be used as the public health control for raw eggs in the following food facilities:

(1) Licensed health care facilities.

(2) Public and private school cafeterias.

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