Exp. Dates / Date-Marking

  1. Any expired products that are held in the refrigerator must be discarded.
  2. Any ready-to-eat (RTE), time/temperature for safety (TCS) food that has been prepared on site that are held in the refrigerator must be discarded if they are held beyond 7 days of being prepared. Preparation day counts as day number 1.
  3. Any opened container of a RTE, TCS food prepared and packaged by a food processing plant that are held in the refrigerator must be discarded if they are held beyond 7 days of being opened. The open date counts as day number 1.

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