This measure is mandatory and seeks to guarantee compliance with safety standards.
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Milk and Dairy Products | | FREQUENCY OF RESPONSIBLE PROFESSIONAL | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Food Type | Large | Medium | Small | Subsistence | | UAT (UHT) milk and UAT (UHT) cream in aseptic packaging | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Pasteurized milk, with or without flavorings, with or without aromatizers | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | UHT evaporated milk | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Condensed milk | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Fermented or cultured milks, Yogurt | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Sweet cream, sour cream (natilla), whipped cream made with pasteurized milk | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Butter and spiced butter (butyric fat), | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Hard or extra-hard ripened cheeses with a moisture percentage less than 56%. | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Cheeses heat-treated after fermentation (Example: cream cheese). | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Powdered milk | DAILY | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Processed cheeses with a moisture percentage between 54-69%. For example: melted cheese. | DAILY | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Dehydrated or partially dehydrated grated cheese with a moisture percentage less than 56%. | DAILY | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Sweet cream, sour cream (natilla), whipped cream, made with unpasteurized milk | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Firm or semi-hard unripened fresh cheeses, with a moisture percentage between 54-69%. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Soft cheeses with a moisture percentage greater than 67%: made with pasteurized milk | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Soft cheeses with a higher moisture percentage | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | 2. Fishery and Aquaculture Products | | FREQUENCY OF RESPONSIBLE PROFESSIONAL | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Food Type | Large | Medium | Small | Subsistence | | Wild fish and shrimp: salted and dry salted. | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Aquaculture fish and shrimp: salted and dry salted. | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Hermetically sealed and sterilized (heat-treated) fishery and aquaculture products: fish (except histamine-producers), echinoderms, and crustaceans. | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Raw wild fish: fresh, frozen, glazed, with additives, minced or filleted. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw aquaculture fish: fresh, frozen, glazed, with additives, minced or filleted. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw wild fish vacuum-packed or in modified atmosphere: fresh, frozen, glazed, with additives, minced or filleted. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw aquaculture fish vacuum-packed or in modified atmosphere: fresh, frozen, glazed, with additives, minced or filleted. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Smoked wild fish: fish dried with smoke. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Smoked aquaculture fish: fish dried with smoke. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw wild fish coated (breaded) frozen. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw aquaculture fish coated (breaded) frozen. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw aquaculture shrimp and prawns: whole, headless or beheaded, | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | peeled, peeled and deveined; with additives, glazed, refrigerated or frozen. | | | | | | Raw aquaculture shrimp and prawns: whole, headless or beheaded, peeled, peeled and deveined; with additives, glazed, refrigerated or frozen. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw wild shrimp and prawns coated (breaded). | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw aquaculture shrimp and prawns coated (breaded). | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw wild lobster: refrigerated, frozen, with or without additives and/or glazing. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw aquaculture lobster: refrigerated, frozen, with or without additives and/or glazing. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw wild or aquaculture crab (species: Lithodes, Paralithodes, Portunidae, Geryon, Chionoectes and Opilio): whole or sectioned (meat extraction), glazed, refrigerated and frozen. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw cephalopods (cuttlefish, squid, octopus): fresh, frozen | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Mollusks and fishery products with high histidine content, hermetically sealed and sterilized (Heat treatment). | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Cooked fishery and aquaculture products (except mollusks and histamine-producing fish): fresh or frozen. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw fishery and aquaculture products (except histamine-producing fish and mollusks) considered ready-to-eat foods (foods intended by the establishment for direct human consumption without the need for cooking or another type of effective processing to eliminate or reduce hazardous microorganisms to an acceptable level) | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Frozen surimi. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Live or raw bivalve mollusks | DAILY | DAILY | DAILY | BIWEEKLY | | Cooked bivalve mollusks | DAILY | DAILY | DAILY | BIWEEKLY | | Raw mollusks, coated (breaded), frozen | DAILY | DAILY | DAILY | BIWEEKLY | | Fish associated with a high histidine content: raw, coated, smoked, salted, dry salted and ready-to-eat. | DAILY | DAILY | DAILY | BIWEEKLY | | Fish associated with a high histidine content: cooked | DAILY | DAILY | DAILY | BIWEEKLY | 3. Meat Products | | FREQUENCY OF RESPONSIBLE PROFESSIONAL | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Food Type | Large | Medium | Small | Subsistence | | Cured raw meats, dried, fermented or acidified, ready-to-eat. Examples: Chinese chorizo or longaniza, Spanish chorizo, cured hams, serrano ham, salami, prosciutto. | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Cooked, cured meat products ready-to-eat (not exposed post-lethality). Examples: Sausages and cooked meat products in impermeable casing or packaging from which the packaging is not removed, not sliced, not portioned (Example: salchichón, mortadella, ham, chorizo, blood sausage, shredded beef, among others). | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Cooked, uncured meat products ready-to-eat (not exposed post-lethality). Examples: meats cooked in an impermeable packaging (shredded beef). | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Packaged and heat-treated meat, ready-to-eat (commercially sterile) Example: canned meats | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | MONTHLY | | Raw meat products not ready-to-eat (poultry): packaged poultry and game, refrigerated (fresh) or frozen, whole, in cuts, pieces, minced, ground, cured-raw, raw sausages or raw formed, including breaded and battered. | DAILY | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw meat by-products not ready-to-eat, refrigerated or frozen (poultry). Ex: gizzard, neck, feet, heart | DAILY | WEEKLY | BIWEEKLY | MONTHLY | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Raw meat products not ready-to-eat (except poultry): packaged, refrigerated or frozen in cuts, pieces, minced, ground, raw sausages or formed, including breaded and battered, marinated, tenderized. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Cooked, cured meat products ready-to-eat (exposed post-lethality). Examples: cooked sausages in permeable casings (salchichón in collagen or cellulose casing) or cooked meat products without casing or packaging (bacon, smoked pork chop, roast beef, cooked formed products) or cooked products from which the packaging or casing is removed after cooking (sliced or portioned sausages or meat derivatives). | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Cooked, uncured meat products ready-to-eat (exposed post-lethality). Examples: formed products, cooked cuts of poultry and game, pork, beef (ex.: roast beef), among others. | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | | Raw meat by-products not ready-to-eat, refrigerated or frozen (except poultry). Ex.: heart, liver, kidney, tripe, intestine, tongue, esophagus, tendons, among others | DAILY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY |