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A variance from the Oregon Health Authority is required prior to smoking food for preservation, curing food, using food additives, reduced oxygen packaging of cooked foods, preparing food by another method that is determined to require a variance and/or sprouting seeds or beans.
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New Food Sanitation Rules are in effect as of September 4, 2012. Non-compliance with these new rules will not be considered a violation until after July 1, 2013. After that date, priority items will be a 5 point violation and priority foundation items will be a 3 point violation.
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SECTION 3-302.11 Frozen commercially packaged raw animal foods that have been opened must be separated during storage, preparation, holding, and display from frozen, commercially processed and packaged, ready-to-eat food.
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SECTION 3-501.16 Cut tomatoes and cut leafy greens are now considered potentially hazardous foods and must be maintained under temperature control at 41°F or below or 135°F or above, unless time as a public health control is utilized.
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SECTION 3-603.11 A consumer advisory is not provided, is not presented in the correct format, or does not contain the required information. A facility that serves or sells animal foods raw, partially cooked or without otherwise being processed to eliminate pathogens either in a ready-to-eat form or as an ingredient in another ready-to-eat food shall inform consumers of the significantly increased risk of foodborne illness. The advisory must include a disclosure and reminder and can be provided using brochures, deli case or menu advisories, label statements, table tents, placards or other effective written means. The disclosure shall include a description of the animal derived foods such as "oysters on the half shell (raw oysters)" , "raw-egg Caesar salad" and "hamburgers (can be cooked to order)" or identification of the food by asterisking them to a footnote that state that the items are served raw or undercooked, or contain (or may contain) raw or undercooked ingredients. The reminder shall include asterisking the animal-derived foods requiring disclosure to a footnote that states: 1) Regarding the safety of these items, written information is available on request; 2) Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness; or 3) Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
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SECTION 4-302.12 Food temperature measuring devices shall be provided and readily accessible for use. If thin foods such as meat patties and fish filets are cooked, a temperature measuring device that is designed to measure the temperature of thin masses shall be provided and accessible.
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