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SANDRA SHEWRY | ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER |
Director | Governor |
July 23, 2004
Ruth Sender
OhCal Foods, Inc.
20501 Ventura Blvd., Suite 375
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
RE: Exemption from Mechanical Exhaust Ventilation for
TurboChef Model NGC Rapid Cook Oven
Dear Ms. Sender:
Thank you for your application of April 26, 2004, for a review of the TurboChef Model NGC Rapid Cook Oven for exemption from the mechanical exhaust ventilation requirements of Section 114140 of the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law (CURFFL). Specifically, you have requested an exemption to allow unventilated NGC Rapid Cook Ovens to be installed and operated at various Subway locations throughout California.
You have provided documentation and I have verified that the TurboChef Model NGC Rapid Cook Oven has been evaluated and listed by UL for conformance with ANSI/NSF Standard 4.
Under the provisions of CURFFL Section 114140, the Department may exempt heating and cooking equipment that does not produce toxic gases, grease, smoke, or heat when properly installed and operated as recommended by the manufacturer. Based on the information and documentation you have provided, the TurboChef Model NGC Rapid Cook Oven is granted LIMITED exemption from mechanical exhaust ventilation under the following conditions:
1.Unless approval is granted by the local enforcement agency, there shall be no more than one unventilated oven in operation at each Subway location.
2.No other heating or cooking appliances subject to mechanical ventilation requirements may be operated without mechanical ventilation in the food facility, unless permission to operate more than one unventilated appliance is granted by the local enforcement agency.
Food and Drug Branch, MS 7602, P.O. Box 997413, Sacramento, CA
Internet Address: www.dhs.ca.gov/fdb
