Holding & ServiceQuestion 239 of 320
A deli marks a pan of sliced cheese with a 4-hour discard time under time as a public health control. Two hours in, business is slow, and a worker wants to put the cheese back in the cooler and erase the mark to reuse it tomorrow. What should the manager explain?
a.That is fine as long as the cheese is still below 70°F
b.Once food is placed under time as a public health control, it cannot go back to temperature control; it must be sold, served, or discarded by the marked time
c.The cheese can return to the cooler if the 4-hour mark is carried over to tomorrow
d.The cheese can be refrozen to reset the clock
Explanation
Time as a public health control is a one-way commitment: the food gave up temperature control, so bacteria may have begun growing, and returning it to the cooler does not reverse that growth. The marked discard time stands, and unsold cheese must be thrown out when it expires.
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