39. ROP Controls for Cook Chill & Sous Vide

What is Reduced Oxygen Packaging and What are the Food Safety Concerns & Controls?

June 25, 2006

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ROP Controls
for Cook Chill & Sous Vide

• Cook chill and sous vide packaging requires NO variance, provided Food Code criteria are met in 3-501.12(D) - cont’d: (New)
  • Refrigeration units must be continuously monitored electronically and visually examined twice daily using, for example:
    • Thermocouple data loggers
    • Recording charts
    • Temperature monitor & alarm systems to activate an alarm or dialer
    • (Nickel-sized) data loggers with software to display temperatures
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