California - TurboChef Tornado 2 Submittal Information

State of California—Health and Human Services Agency
Department of Health Services
SANDRA SHEWRY
Director
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 95899-7413
Internet Address: www.dhs.ca.gov/fdb
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Governor