Current through all regulations passed and filed through August 12, 2024
Section 3701-21-02.3 - [Effective until 9/1/2024] Risk level of food service operationsThe licensor shall determine the risk level based on the highest risk level activity of the food service operation in accordance with the following criteria:
(A) Risk level I poses potential risk to the public in terms of sanitation, food labeling, sources of food, storage practices, or expiration dates. Examples of risk level I activities include, but are not limited to, an operation that offers for sale or sells: (1) Coffee, self-service fountain drinks, prepackaged non-time/temperature controlled for safety beverages; (2) Pre-packaged refrigerated or frozen time/temperature controlled for safety foods; (3) Pre-packaged non-time/temperature controlled for safety foods; or (4) Baby food or formula. A "food delivery sales operation" as defined in division (H) of section 3717.01 of the Revised Code shall be classified as a risk level I.
(B) Risk level II poses a higher potential risk to the public than risk level I because of hand contact or employee health concerns but minimal possibility of pathogenic growth exists. Examples of risk level II activities include, but are not limited to: (1) Handling, heat treating, or preparing non-time/temperature controlled for safety food; (2) Holding for sale or serving time/temperature controlled for safety food at the same proper holding temperature at which it was received; or (3) Heating individually packaged, commercially processed time/temperature controlled for safety foods for immediate service. (C) Risk level III poses a higher potential risk to the public than risk level II because of the following concerns: proper cooking temperatures, proper cooling procedures, proper holding temperatures, contamination issues or improper heat treatment in association with longer holding times before consumption, or processing a raw food product requiring bacterial load reduction procedures in order to sell it as ready-to-eat. Examples of risk level III activities include, but are not limited to: (1) Handling, cutting, or grinding raw meat products; (2) Cutting or slicing ready-to-eat meats and cheeses; (3) Assembling or cooking time/temperature controlled for safety food that is immediately served, held hot or cold, or cooled; (4) Operating a heat treatment dispensing freezer; (5) Reheating in individual portions only; or (6) Heating of a product, from an intact, hermetically sealed package and holding it hot. (D) Risk level IV poses a higher potential risk to the public than risk level III because of concerns associated with: handling or preparing food using a procedure with several preparation steps that includes reheating of a product or ingredient of a product where multiple temperature controls are needed to preclude bacterial growth; offering as ready-to-eat a raw time/temperature controlled for safety meat, poultry product, fish, or shellfish or a food with these raw time/temperature controlled for safety items as ingredients; using freezing as a means to achieve parasite destruction; serving a primarily high risk clientele including immuno-compromised or elderly individuals in a facility that provides either health care or assisted living; or using time in lieu of temperature as a public health control for time/temperature controlled for safety food or performs a food handling process that is not addressed, deviates, or otherwise requires a variance for the process. Examples of risk level IV activities include, but are not limited to: (1) Reheating bulk quantities of leftover time/temperature controlled for safety food more than once every seven days; or (2) Caterers or other similar food service operations that transport food. Ohio Admin. Code 3701-21-02.3
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 01/13/2015 and 01/13/2020
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3717.04, 3717.51
Rule Amplifies: 3717.07
Prior Effective Dates: 9/4/1995, 11/27/00, 12/21/01 (Emer.), 3/21/02, 12/1/04, 3/1/10Effective: 3/1/2010
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/15/2009 and 10/15/2014
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3717.04, 3717.51
Rule Amplifies: 3717.07
Prior Effective Dates: 9/4/1995, 9/4/95, 11/27/00, 12/21/01, 3/21/02, 12/1/04