A market wants to grow bean sprouts in a back room for its own salad bar. What does the Food Code require?
a.A daily pH check on the sprouting water supply
b.A written supplier agreement covering the seed lot
c.A cooling log for the sprouts after every harvest
d.A variance obtained before the sprouting begins
Explanation
Sprouting seeds or beans requires a variance from the regulatory authority, because the warm, moist conditions that germinate a seed also multiply any Salmonella or E. coli on it. Logs and agreements may be part of what the operation proposes in support of the variance, but none of them replaces it.
Law Reference: FDA Food Code §3-502.11Practice all 500 questions free — no signup required.
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