Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Subsection 001-346-3-1 - Compliance with Food LawA. Food must be obtained from sources that comply with law.B. Food prepared in a private home may not be used or offered for human consumption in an establishment, unless such establishment is a home business licensed by the Department.C. Packaged food must be labeled as specified in law, including Food Labeling, 9 CFR 317, Labeling, Marking Devices and Containers, 9 CFR 381, Subpart N, Labeling and Containers.D. Whole muscle intact beefsteaks that are intended for consumption in an undercooked form must be: 1. Obtained from a food processing plant that packages the steaks and labels them to indicate that they meet the definition of whole muscle, intact beef; or2. If individually cut in a food establishment: a. Cut from whole muscle intact beef that is labeled by a processing plant to indicate that the beef meets the definition of whole muscle intact beef;b. Prepared so they remain intact; andc. If packaged for undercooking in a food establishment, labeled to indicate that they meet the definition of whole muscle intact beef.E. Meat and poultry that is not ready to eat food and is in a packaged form when it is offered for sale or otherwise offered for consumption must be labeled to include safe handling instructions as specified in law, including 9 CFR 309, 317.2, Labels; definitions; required features, and 9 CFR 381.125, Special Handling Labeling Requirements. C.M.R. 01, 001, ch. 346, § 001-346-3, subsec. 001-346-3-1