# The Food Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations 1995, Regulation 14: 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) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he could not have raised the food 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/uksi/1995/2200/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-temperature-control-regulations-1995/regulation-14
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