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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 10.15.02.13" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="02" heading="Unit Processing Operations — Storage.">
  <text>The person-in-charge shall ensure that:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>After being picked and packed in ice, blast chilled, or otherwise cooled in a sanitary and effective way, fresh crab meat is kept in ice or in an ambient air temperature of 40°F or less;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Except when pasteurized within 2.5 hours of weigh-up in the packing room, packed crab meat for pasteurization is kept in ice or in an ambient air temperature of 40°F or below until pasteurization;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Pasteurized crab meat in hermetically sealed containers is kept in an ambient air temperature of 38°F or below;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Reduced oxygen packaged non-pasteurized crab meat is kept frozen; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Crab meat is protected from contamination during storage.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>