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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 10.15.02.09" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="02" heading="Unit Processing Operations — Cooking.">
  <text>The person-in-charge shall ensure that:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Live crabs received at the plant are stored in a manner that enhances the crab's survival and prevents decomposition;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Crabs are steamed using a standardized process:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For a heat lethality equivalent to F(235°F) = 1 minute with z = 15°F, which is equivalent to bringing the internal temperature of the crabs instantaneously to 235°F, holding the internal temperature at 235°F for 1 minute, and then instantaneously cooling the crabs; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Other than the one set forth in §B(1) of this regulation, if the alternative process has been shown through scientific study to provide:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Pathogen lethality; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Equivalent conformance with the bacteriological standards set forth in Regulation .15 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The cooling of cooked crabs conforms with the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in Regulation .10C of this chapter, air cooling of cooked crabs at ambient air temperatures does not exceed more than 4 hours in length;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>When cooked crabs are refrigerated before picking, the cooked crabs are placed in refrigeration at 40°F or below after cooling at ambient air temperatures; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Except as provided in §D of this regulation, cooked crabs are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Cooled and held before picking with the outer shell in place; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Backed immediately before picking; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>In order to provide a cold water rinse to remove sediment, when cooked dredged crabs are backed:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Before refrigeration, the crabs are air cooled, backed, and refrigerated within 4 hours after cooking;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>After refrigeration, the crabs are backed, rinsed, and picked and the crab meat packed in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A continuous process; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Accordance with Regulation .10B of this chapter; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>With no refrigeration and directly before picking the cooked crabs are cooled, backed, and picked and the crab meat packed in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A continuous process; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Accordance with Regulation .10C of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>