PDFWAC 246-215-09125

Potentially hazardous foods—Temperature control.

The person in charge of a mobile food unit shall ensure that potentially hazardous foods are:
(1) Not cooled on the mobile food unit;
(2) Properly temperature-controlled during transport to the place of service;
(3) Temperature-monitored by use of a stem-type thermometer or thermocouple capable of measuring all proper food temperatures;
(4) Reheated, for hot holding, from 41°F (5°C) to 165°F (74°C) or above within one hour on the mobile food unit when the foods were cooked and cooled in an approved food establishment that is not a mobile food unit;
(5) Reheated, for hot holding, from 41°F (5°C) to 135°F (74°C) or above within one hour on the mobile food unit when the foods were produced in a food processing plant;
(6) Reheated no more than one time; and
(7) Held in preheated mechanical hot holding equipment or prechilled mechanical cold holding equipment, or otherwise temperature controlled by an approved method.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050 and 43.20.145. WSR 13-03-109, § 246-215-09125, filed 1/17/13, effective 5/1/13.]