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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".24" citation="COMAR 10.15.03.24" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="03" heading="Food Manufacturing in Food Service Facilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A person who is licensed to operate a food service facility may manufacture food for sale or distribution as provided in §§B, C, and E of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The person-in-charge shall ensure that before a food is manufactured in a food service facility:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Plans for the manufacturing:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Are submitted to the Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Are approved in writing by the Department based on a review that indicates compliance with this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A list of foods proposed for manufacture;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The proposed processing procedures for a food;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Specifications for equipment items to be used for manufacture;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Packaging and labeling information;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Methods of shipment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Procedures for maintaining potentially hazardous food as set forth in Regulation .06B(7)—(13) of this chapter; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>An HACCP plan in accordance with Regulation .34 of this chapter; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The facilities and equipment proposed for use in manufacturing are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Inspected by the Department; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Approved in writing by the Department based on a review that indicates compliance with this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A person licensed only to operate a food service facility may not manufacture the following foods:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Low-acid canned foods as defined in 21 CFR §113.3(n);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Acidified foods as defined in 21 CFR §114.3(b);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Hermetically sealed and ready-to-eat potentially hazardous foods that a hazard analysis indicates are associated with the outgrowth of Clostridium botulinum or Listeria monocytogenes, such as:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Smoked fish; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Pasteurized crabmeat;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Bottled water; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Soft drinks.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The approving authority shall routinely inspect the food manufacturing conducted in the food service facility:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>During inspections of the retail food service facility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>At a frequency set forth in Regulation .30 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The person-in-charge shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All manufactured food is labeled in accordance with Regulation .12 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Records are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Made to allow the trace-back of distributed or sold food to the food service facility that manufactured the food;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Made to identify the immediate source of the food and food ingredients stored and processed at the facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>For shell eggs, made to provide the information required in COMAR 15.04.01.03A(2)(a)—(e);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Made to identify the initial distribution of the food to facilitate the segregation of food that may have become adulterated or otherwise unfit for human consumption; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Maintained at the facility for at least:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>2 years for a shelf stable or preserved food; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>1 year for a fresh food.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>