Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3717 - Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code › Chapter 3717-1 - State of Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code › Section 3717-1-03.1 - Food: sources, specifications, and original containers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For publication dates of the C.F.R. referenced in
				this rule, see paragraph (B) (15)(b) of rule
				3717-1-01
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 Sources - compliance with food law.
(1) Food
			 shall be obtained from sources that comply with law.
(2) Except for products obtained from a home
			 bakery registered by the Ohio department of agriculture, products from cottage
			 food production operations, and maple syrup, honey, or sorghum products
			 produced as provided in section
			 3715.021 of the Revised Code;
			 food prepared in a private home may not be used or offered for human
			 consumption in a food service operation or retail food establishment.
(3) Packaged food shall be labeled as
			 specified in law, including 21 C.F.R. 101, 9 C.F.R. 317, 9 C.F.R. 381 subpart
			 N, and as specified under paragraphs (N) and (O) of this rule.
(4) Fish, other than molluscan shellfish,
			 that are intended for consumption in their raw form and allowed as specified in
			 paragraph (A)(3)(a) of rule 3717-1-03.3 of the Administrative Code may be
			 offered for sale or service if they are obtained from a supplier that freezes
			 the fish as specified under paragraph (E) of rule 3717-1-03.3 of the
			 Administrative Code; or if they are frozen on the
			 premises as specified under paragraph (E) of rule 3717-1-03.3 of the
			 Administrative Code and records are retained as specified under paragraph (F)
			 of rule 3717-1-03.3 of the Administrative Code.
(5) Whole-muscle, intact beef steaks that are
			 intended for consumption in an undercooked form without a consumer advisory as
			 specified in paragraph (A) (2) of rule 3717-1-03.3 of the Administrative Code
			 shall be:
(a) Obtained from a food processing
			 plant that, upon request by the purchaser, packages the steaks and labels them,
			 to indicate that the steaks meet the definition of whole-muscle, intact beef;
			 or
(b) Deemed acceptable by the
			 licensor based on other evidence, such as written buyer specifications or
			 invoices, that indicates that the steaks meet the definition of whole-muscle,
			 intact beef; and
(c) If
			 individually cut in a food service operation or retail food establishment:
(i) Cut from whole-muscle intact beef that is
			 labeled by a food processing plant as specified in paragraph (A)(5)(a) of this
			 rule or identified as specified in paragraph (A)(5)(b) of this rule;
(ii) Prepared so they remain intact;
			 and
(iii) If packaged for
			 undercooking in a food service operation or retail food establishment, labeled
			 as specified in paragraph (A)(5)(a) of this rule or identified as specified in
			 paragraph (A)(5)(b) of this rule.
(6) Meat and poultry that is not a
			 ready-to-eat food and is in a packaged form when it is offered for sale or
			 otherwise offered for consumption, shall be labeled to include safe handling
			 instructions as specified in
			 9 C.F.R.
			 317.2(l) and
			 9 C.F.R.
			 381.125(b).
(7) A food service operation or retail food
			 establishment that sells or serves horse meat as defined in Chapter 919. of the
			 Revised Code shall comply with all applicable provisions of Chapter 919. of the
			 Revised Code.
(8) Eggs that have
			 not been specifically treated to destroy all viable Salmonellae shall be
			 labeled to include safe handling instructions as specified in
			 21
			 C.F.R.
			 101.17(h).