Md. Code Regs. 10.15.02.13 - Unit Processing Operations - Storage

The person-in-charge shall ensure that:

A. After being picked and packed in ice, blast chilled, or otherwise cooled in a sanitary and effective way, fresh crab meat is kept in ice or in an ambient air temperature of 40°F or less;

B. Except when pasteurized within 2.5 hours of weigh-up in the packing room, packed crab meat for pasteurization is kept in ice or in an ambient air temperature of 40°F or below until pasteurization;

C. Pasteurized crab meat in hermetically sealed containers is kept in an ambient air temperature of 38°F or below;

D. Reduced oxygen packaged non-pasteurized crab meat is kept frozen; and

E. Crab meat is protected from contamination during storage.

Notes

Md. Code Regs. 10.15.02.13

Regulations .13 adopted effective August 5, 2002 (29:15 Md. R. 1142); amended effective 45:3 Md. R. 157, eff. 2/12/2018