Section 11.15 All Areas: Thawing of Frozen Foods

The purpose of this section is to ensure packaged or un-packaged foods sold in refrigerated service displays are thawed & displayed for sale in a manner that does not compromise food safety or quality and complies to all legislation.

Detailed Instruction

Approved thawing options to be used are:

Thawing in a coolroom operating at 4oC or lower {as preferred option at all times}

NOTE: It is not acceptable to thaw any product, either under running water or in a container of water, as this may allow bacteria to breed and grow within the product.

Pre-Packaged Foods

Customers must be clearly informed that the product being sold to them has is not a freshly prepared product but is in fact a previously frozen product now sitting under refrigerated conditions, thus the following signage must be displayed on or adjacent to all pre-packaged food so as to not deceive the consumer:

 THAWED
FOR YOUR
CONVENIENCE
DO NOT RE-FREEZE

In-Store Packaged Foods

Example of a suitable Scale Label for in-store packaged foods should read