410 IAC 7-24-213 - Wood; use limitation
Authority: IC 16-42-5-5
Affected: IC 16-42-5
Sec. 213.
(a) Except
as specified in this section, wood and wood wicker may not be used as a
food-contact surface.
(b) Hard
maple or an equivalently hard, close-grained wood may be used for the
following:
(1) Cutting boards, cutting blocks,
bakers' tables, and utensils, such as the following:
(A) Rolling pins.
(B) Doughnut dowels.
(C) Salad bowls.
(D) Chopsticks.
(2) Wooden paddles used in confectionery
operations for pressure scraping kettles when manually preparing confections at
a temperature of two hundred thirty (230) degrees Fahrenheit or
above.
(c) Whole, uncut
raw fruits and vegetables and nuts in the shell may be kept in the wood
shipping containers in which they were received until the fruits, vegetables,
or nuts are used.
(d) If the nature
of the food requires removal of rinds, peels, husks, or shells before
consumption, the whole, uncut, raw food may be kept in:
(1) untreated wood containers; or
(2) treated wood containers if the containers
are treated with a preservative that meets the requirements specified in
21 CFR
178.3800.
(e) For purposes of this section, a violation
of subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) is a noncritical item.
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