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VSP 2018 Operations Manual

7.3.5.2.2 Cooling Prepared Food (16 C)
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD must be cooled within
4 hours to 5°C (41°F) or less if prepared from ingredients at
ambient temperature (such as reconstituted FOODS and canned
tuna).

7.3.5.2.3 Cooling Received Food (16 C)
A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD received in compliance
with LAWS allowing a temperature above 5°C (41°F) during

shipment from the supplier must be cooled within 4 hours to 5°C
(41°F) or less.

7.3.5.2.4 Shell Eggs
Shell eggs need not comply with the cooling time if, on receipt,
they are placed immediately into refrigerated EQUIPMENT
capable of maintaining FOOD at 5°C (41°F) or less.

7.3.5.2.5 Cooling Methods (17)
Cooling must be accomplished using one or more of the following
methods based on the type of FOOD being cooled:
• Placing the FOOD in shallow pans.
• Separating the FOOD into smaller or thinner portions.
• Using BLAST CHILLERS, freezers, or other rapid cooling
EQUIPMENT.
• Stirring the FOOD in a container placed in an ice water
bath.
• Using containers that facilitate heat transfer.
• Adding ice as an ingredient.
• Using other effective methods.

When placed in cooling or cold-holding EQUIPMENT, FOOD
containers in which FOOD is being cooled must be arranged in the
EQUIPMENT to provide maximum heat transfer through the
container walls and must be loosely covered—or uncovered if
protected from overhead CONTAMINATION—during the cooling
period to facilitate heat transfer from the surface of the FOOD.

7.3.5.2.6 Cooling Logs (17)
Logs documenting cooked POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD
cooling temperatures and times from the starting points designated
in 7.3.5.2.1 through the control points at 2 and 6 hours must be
maintained onboard the vessel for a period of 30 days from the
date the FOOD was placed in a cooling process. Logs documenting
cooling of POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS prepared from
ingredients at ambient temperatures, with the start time to the time

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