Preparation & CookingQuestion 192 of 320
A cook opens a factory-sealed can of commercially processed nacho cheese sauce and wants to put it in the hot-holding well. To what minimum temperature must it be heated first?
a.165°F for 15 seconds, like all reheated food
b.It may go straight into the well with no heating
c.41°F, since it only needs cold holding
d.135°F, because commercially processed ready-to-eat food heated for hot holding for the first time only needs to reach the hot-holding temperature
Explanation
Commercially processed, ready-to-eat food such as canned cheese sauce that is being heated for hot holding for the first time must reach at least 135°F. The 165°F standard applies to food that was cooked and cooled in the operation itself.
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