9 CFR § 166.7 - Cooking standards.

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title: "9 CFR § 166.7 - Cooking standards."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "166.7"
section_name: "Cooking standards."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION"
part_number: "166"
part_name: "SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 3801-3813; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.8, and 371.4"
regulatory_source: "47 FR 49945, Nov. 3, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 166.7 Cooking standards.

(a) Garbage shall be heated throughout at boiling (212 °F. or 100 °C. at sea level) for 30 (thirty) minutes.

(b) Garbage shall be agitated during cooking, except in steam cooking equipment, to ensure that the prescribed cooking temperature is maintained throughout the cooking container for the prescribed length of time.