P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 10.3.1.23 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

10.3.1.23. Frozen freshwater products subjected to thawing treatment must be thawed:

(1)  in a refrigerated room or compartment kept at a temperature not exceeding 4ºC;

(2)  in a container of running drinking water kept at a temperature not exceeding 21ºC so that the core temperature of such freshwater products does not exceed 4ºC; or

(3)  in a microwave oven, if such freshwater products are to be cooked immediately.

Thawed freshwater products must be kept at an internal temperature not exceeding 4ºC until they are shipped in that state or are processed.

Thawed freshwater products, where sold or held for sale in that state, must bear the words “thawed product” directly or on the package or label.

O.C. 1305-93, s. 28.