An establishment or processing plant must obtain a variance from the Department as specified in Section 1, Subsection 6, and under Section 1, Subsection 7, before smoking food as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement; curing food; using food additives or adding components such as vinegar as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement or to render a food so that it is not potentially hazardous; packaging food using a reduced oxygen packaging method except as specified under Section 3, Subsection 27, where a barrier to Clostridium Botulinum exists, in addition to using refrigeration; custom processing animals that are for personal use as food and not for sale or service in an establishment or processing plant; or preparing food by another method that is determined by the Department to require a variance.
C.M.R. 01, 001, ch. 346, § 001-346-3, subsec. 001-346-3-25