Section 113986 Of Article 1. Protection From Contamination From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 7. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Food shall be protected from cross-contamination by
utilizing one or more of the following methods:
(1) Separating raw food of animal origin during transportation,
storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw ready-to-eat
food, including other raw food of animal origin such as fish for
sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as
produce, and cooked ready-to-eat food in any of the following ways:
(A) Using separate equipment of each type.
(B) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that
cross-contamination of one type with another is prevented.
(C) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate
areas.
(D) Except as specified in subdivision (b), storing the food in
packages, covered containers, or wrappings.
(E) Cleaning hermetically sealed containers of food of visible
soil before opening.
(F) Protecting food containers that are received packaged together
in a case or overwrap from cuts when the case or overwrap is opened.
(G) Storing damaged, spoiled, or recalled food being held in the
food establishment as specified in Section 114055.
(H) Separating fruits and vegetables before they are washed, as
specified in Section 113992, from ready-to-eat food.
(2) Except when combined as ingredients, separating types of raw
foods of animal origin from each other during transportation,
storage, preparation, holding, and display in the following ways:
(A) Using separate equipment for each type.
(B) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that
cross-contamination of one type with another is prevented.
(C) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate
areas.
(D) Except as specified in subdivision (b), storing the food in
packages, covered containers, or wrappings.
(E) Cleaning hermetically sealed containers of food of visible
soil before opening.
(F) Protecting food containers that are received packaged together
in a case or overwrap from cuts when the case or overwrap is opened.
(G) Storing damaged, spoiled, or recalled food being held in the
food establishment as specified in Section 114055.
(H) Separating fruits and vegetables before they are washed, as
specified in Section 113992, from ready-to-eat food.
(b) Subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of this
section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Whole, uncut, raw fruits and vegetables and nuts in the shell
that require peeling or hulling before consumption.
(2) Primal cuts, quarters, or sides of raw meat or slab bacon that
are hung on clean, sanitized hooks or placed on clean, sanitized
racks.
(3) Whole, uncut, processed meats, such as country hams, and
smoked or cured sausages that are placed on clean, sanitized racks.
(4) Food being cooled as specified in subdivision (b) of Section
114002.1.
(5) Shellstock.