CHAPTER 4. Wholesale Food Processors

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.

§§ 111950–112130 · 37 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Food Processing Establishments §§ 111950–112055 · 22 sections

   • § 111950 “Food,” as used in this chapter, includes all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment, whether simple or compound, and all substances and…
   • § 111955 “Food processing establishment,” as used in this chapter, shall mean any room, building, or place or portion thereof, maintained, used, or operated for the…
   • § 111960 Every food processing establishment shall be properly lighted, drained, plumbed, and ventilated; and shall be conducted with strict regard to the influence of…
   • § 111965 The floors, side walls, ceiling, furniture, receptacles, utensils, implements, and machinery of every food processing establishment shall at no time be kept in…
   • § 111970 No live animal or fowl shall be kept or allowed in any establishment where food is prepared, manufactured, kept, stored, offered for sale or sold unless the…
   • § 111975 The side walls and ceilings of every bakery, confectionery, hotel, or restaurant kitchen shall be well plastered or ceiled with metal or lumber, or shall be…
   • § 111980 All interior woodwork of every bakery, confectionery, hotel, or restaurant kitchen shall be kept well oiled or painted with oil paint, and shall be kept washed…
   • § 111985 Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the preparation, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of food shall have an…
   • § 111990 Where practicable, the doors, windows, and other openings of every food producing or distributing establishment shall be fitted with stationary or self-closing…
   • § 111995 Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the production, preparation, manufacture, packing, canning, sale, or distribution of food shall…
   • § 112000 The floors of toilet-rooms shall be made of cement, or of tile laid in cement, wood, brick, or other nonabsorbent material, and shall be washed and scoured…
   • § 112005 The toilets shall be furnished with separate ventilating pipes or flues discharging either into soil pipes or on the outside of the building in which they are…
   • § 112010 Lavatories and washrooms shall be adjacent to toilet-rooms and shall be supplied with soap, running water, and towels, and shall be maintained in a clean and…
   • § 112015 Employees and others who handle the material from which food is prepared or the finished product shall before beginning work and immediately after visiting a…
   • § 112020 No employee or other person shall sit or lie upon any table, bench, trough, shelf, or other equipment that is intended for use in connection with any food…
   • § 112025 No employee or other person shall expectorate or discharge any substance from his or her nose or mouth on the floor or interior side wall of any building,…
   • § 112030 No person shall, nor shall any person be allowed to, reside or sleep in any room of a bake-shop, public dining room, hotel or restaurant kitchen,…
   • § 112035 No employer shall require or permit any person to work, in a food processing establishment or vehicle used for the production, preparation, manufacture, sale,…
   • § 112040 (a) Prior to January 1, 2001, the department, its inspectors and agents, and all local health officers and inspectors may at all times enter any building,…
   • § 112045 If upon inspection any building, room, basement, cellar, or other place, or any vehicle, employer, employee, or other person is found to be in violation of or…
   • § 112050 Every building, room, basement, cellar, or other place or thing kept, maintained, or operated in violation of this article, and all food produced, prepared,…
   • § 112055 The sections contained in this article are to be known as the California Food Sanitation Act.
2. ARTICLE 2. Food Containers §§ 112060–112120 · 13 sections

   • § 112060 “Bottle,” as employed in this article, includes any bottle or any glass or crockery food container, other than one not previously used, that is used or sold…
   • § 112065 This article is not applicable to containers subject to Division 15 (commencing with Section 32501) of the Food and Agricultural Code.
   • § 112070 The provisions of this article in reference to sterilization procedures and methods in cleaning bottles, as in this article defined, shall apply to all persons…
   • § 112075 The department shall issue a license to an applicant therefor upon the receipt of the evidence as the department may require showing that the applicant is…
   • § 112080 An establishment is deemed properly equipped for the cleansing and sterilization of bottles if it maintains and employs the following standards: (a) Cleanses…
   • § 112085 All bottles shall be cleansed and sterilized as specified in Section 112080, and shall be kept free from rust or contamination.
   • § 112090 A licensee shall issue a certificate of sterilization with each shipment of bottles to a purchaser, stating that the licensee has cleansed and sterilized the…
   • § 112095 If any licensee fails to maintain his or her equipment and to cleanse or sterilize any bottle in the manner required by this article, and issues a certificate…
   • § 112100 Any purchaser of a bottle who shows a certificate of sterilization signed by a licensed seller thereof complies sufficiently with this article.
   • § 112105 Nothing in this article prohibits the sale for use of any uncleansed or unsterilized bottle to a purchaser who is licensed under this article.
   • § 112110 Food containers manufactured from second-hand tin plate and intended for the packing of hermetically sealed canned food products intended to be used for human…
   • § 112115 This article, with the exception of any licensing provisions, may be enforced by any local enforcement division, which shall be construed to mean the local…
   • § 112120 A nonalcoholic soft drink, whether or not carbonated, shall be deemed to be misbranded if in a bottle or other closed container unless the name and address of…
3. ARTICLE 3. Closed Containers § 112125 · 1 section

   • § 112125 Except when sold in bulk for manufacturing purposes, it is unlawful to sell or otherwise dispose of at retail jams, jellies, preserves, marmalades, peanut…
4. ARTICLE 4. Violations § 112130 · 1 section

   • § 112130 Any person, whether as principal or agent, employer or employee, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable upon…