2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 81-2,272.25 — Potentially hazardous food; discard; when.

Section 81-2,272.25
Potentially hazardous food; discard; when.

(1) A food specified under subsection (1) of section 81-2,272.24 shall be discarded if not consumed within, including the day of preparation:

(a) Seven calendar days if the food is held refrigerated at forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) or below; or

(b) Four calendar days if the food is held refrigerated between forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (seven degrees Celsius) and forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius).

(2) A ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on premises or by a food processing plant and opened at a food establishment and subsequently frozen at such food establishment shall be discarded if not consumed within twenty-four hours after thawing.

(3) A food specified under subsection (3) of section 81-2,272.24 shall be discarded if not consumed within, including the day of opening the original container:

(a) Seven calendar days if the food is held refrigerated at forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) or below; or

(b) Four calendar days if the food is held refrigerated between forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (seven degrees Celsius) and forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius).

(4) A food specified under section 81-2,272.24 shall be discarded if the food is:

(a) Not consumed before the most recent consumption date marked on the container;

(b) In a container or package which is not marked with a preparation date or number of days held in refrigeration before freezing; or

(c) Inappropriately marked with a consumption date or number of days held refrigerated that exceeds the restrictions under section 81-2,272.24.

(5) Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared in a food establishment and dispensed through a vending machine with an automatic shut-off control that is activated at a temperature of:

(a) Forty-one degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius) shall be discarded if not sold within seven calendar days; or

(b) Forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (seven degrees Celsius) shall be discarded if not sold within four calendar days.

Source:

Laws 1997, LB 199, § 50

Laws 2003, LB 250, § 16

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska