SECTION 310:257-17-2. Mobile pushcarts  


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  • (a)   An indoor or outdoor mobile pushcart shall not cook raw meat and poultry foods.
    (b)   A mobile pushcart is exempt from mechanical refrigeration if it is able to maintain temperatures of 41°F or less as specified under OAC 310:257-5-28 and OAC 310:257-5-29.
    (c)   An indoor mobile pushcart shall be allowed to sell open Time/Temperature Control for Safety Foods. Each indoor mobile pushcart shall:
    (1)   Be limited to operating within the confines of an enclosed or protected environment such as an indoor mall, sports arena, convention center, etc;
    (2)   Be located within 500 feet of an approved, permanent toilet facility available during all hours of operation for employees;
    (3)   Have a licensed commissary within the confines of the facility.
    (4)   Perform preparation of fruits and vegetables and all cooking of meats, poultry and seafood from raw in a licensed food establishment that is not a mobile pushcart, mobile food establishment, or mobile retail food establishment;
    (5)   Have hand washing facilities as required in this Chapter on the pushcart or immediately adjacent to a pushcart;
    (6)   Have mechanical hot holding units as required by this Chapter; and
    (7)   An outdoor mobile pushcart shall not be required to install a three (3) compartment sink, provided that an adequate supply of clean utensils are available.
    (d)   Outdoor mobile pushcarts shall be limited to non-Time/Temperature Control for Safety Foods and condiments (i.e. processed cheese products, onions, and sauerkraut), pre-packaged food, or the preparation and serving of precooked frankfurters or sausages including those made of meat and poultry and return daily to a commissary to service the unit as required by this Chapter. Each outdoor mobile pushcart shall:
    (1)   Be located within five-hundred feet (500') of an approved, permanent toilet facility and available during all hours of operation for employees;
    (2)   Have a licensed commissary;
    (3)   Have hand washing facilities as required in this Chapter, either on the pushcart or immediately adjacent to the pushcart;
    (4)   Have mechanical hot holding units as required by this Chapter; and
    (5)   An indoor mobile pushcart shall not be required to install a three (3) compartment sink, provided that an adequate supply of clean utensils are available.
[Source: Added at 28 Ok Reg 2289, eff 11-1-11; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1520, eff 9-11-16]