# The Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Paragraph 3: Reheating of food


(1) Food which in the course of a commercial operation has been heated and which is thereafter reheated before being served for immediate consumption or exposed for sale shall, on being reheated, be raised to a temperature of not less than 82°C.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.
(3) In any proceedings for an offence under sub paragraph (2), it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that the food could not have been raised to a temperature of not less than 82°C without a deterioration of its qualities.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/3/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-scotland-regulations-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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