Regulation 8 – The Display, Storage and Temperature of Food (15 min)
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I’m a little confused about the the process of defrosting frozen goods. For example, I will have burger patties that will be frozen +5 degrees i can still refreeze?
I think i’m confused about the temp exceeding >+5 degrees. Should it not be less than 5 degrees then i can still refreeze?
Please note the temperature of +5 degrees you refer to is considered “chilled” food. If the patty was frozen (colder than -12 degrees) and then thawed, the patty can only be refrozen if the core temperature of the patty never exceeded +5 degrees (meaning hotter than +5 degrees). This means during the thawing process the patty should not be hotter than +5 degrees at any given point and time. The cold chain for frozen food should always be maintained from the supplier to preparation and should never be thawed and re-frozen more than once.
I’m a little confused about the the process of defrosting frozen goods. For example, I will have burger patties that will be frozen +5 degrees i can still refreeze?
I think i’m confused about the temp exceeding >+5 degrees. Should it not be less than 5 degrees then i can still refreeze?
Hi Darren,
Please note the temperature of +5 degrees you refer to is considered “chilled” food. If the patty was frozen (colder than -12 degrees) and then thawed, the patty can only be refrozen if the core temperature of the patty never exceeded +5 degrees (meaning hotter than +5 degrees). This means during the thawing process the patty should not be hotter than +5 degrees at any given point and time. The cold chain for frozen food should always be maintained from the supplier to preparation and should never be thawed and re-frozen more than once.
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Hi The following link https://www.nrcs.org.za/Pages/PageNotFoundError.aspx?requestUrl=https://www.nrcs.org.za/content.asp Does no longer work for National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications. in connection to fish and sea food that is frozen
Hi Wian,
Thank you for the update. Yes, it seems the NRCS website is down at the moment. We have removed the link in the training for now.
Kind regards,
ASC Support