CHAPTER 4. General Food Safety Requirements [113980. - 114094.5.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2.

§§ 113980–114094.5 · 67 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Protection from Contamination §§ 113980–113992 · 8 sections

   • § 113980 All food shall be manufactured, produced, prepared, compounded, packed, stored, transported, kept for sale, and served so as to be pure and free from…
   • § 113982 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), food shall be transported in a manner that meets the following requirements: (1) The interior floor, sides, and top…
   • § 113984 (a) Adequate and suitable counter space shall be provided for all food preparation operations. (b) Except as specified in subdivision (c), food preparation…
   • § 113984.1 Consumer access to a food facility through the food preparation area is permissible, at the discretion of the permitholder, if ready-to-eat foods are prepared…
   • § 113986 (a) Food shall be protected from cross-contamination by utilizing one or more of the following methods: (1) Separating raw food of animal origin during…
   • § 113988 (a) Food shall be protected from contamination that may result from the addition of unsafe or unapproved food or color additives or unsafe or unapproved levels…
   • § 113990 Ice that has been used as a medium for cooling the exterior surfaces of food such as melons or fish, prepackaged foods such as canned beverages, or cooling…
   • § 113992 (a) Produce shall be thoroughly washed in potable water to remove soil and other contaminants before being cut, combined with other ingredients, cooked,…
2. ARTICLE 2. Time and Temperature Relationships §§ 113996–114020 · 13 sections

   • § 113996 (a) Except during preparation, cooking, cooling, transportation to or from a retail food facility for a period of less than 30 minutes, or when time is used as…
   • § 113998 If it is necessary to remove potentially hazardous food from the specified holding temperatures to facilitate preparation, this preparation shall in no case…
   • § 114000 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), if time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature, is used as the public health control for a working…
   • § 114002 (a) Whenever food has been prepared or heated so that it becomes potentially hazardous, it shall be rapidly cooled if not held at or above 135°F. (b) After…
   • § 114002.1 (a) The rapid cooling of potentially hazardous foods shall be accomplished in accordance with the time and temperature criteria specified in Section 114002 by…
   • § 114004 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b) or (c), raw animal foods such as eggs, fish, meat, poultry, and foods containing these raw animal foods shall be…
   • § 114008 Raw foods of animal origin cooked in a microwave oven shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be rotated or stirred throughout or midway during…
   • § 114010 Fruits and vegetables that are cooked for hot holding shall be cooked to a minimum temperature of 135ºF.
   • § 114012 Except as specified in Section 114091, pasteurized eggs or pasteurized egg products shall be substituted for raw shell eggs in the preparation of foods such as…
   • § 114014 Cooked and refrigerated food that is prepared for immediate service in response to an individual consumer order may be served at any temperature.
   • § 114016 (a) Except as specified under subdivisions (b) and (c), potentially hazardous food that is cooked, cooled, and reheated for hot holding shall be reheated so…
   • § 114018 Frozen foods shall be stored and displayed in their frozen state unless being thawed in accordance with Section 114020.
   • § 114020 Frozen potentially hazardous food shall only be thawed in one of the following ways: (a) Under refrigeration that maintains the food temperature at 41°F or…
3. ARTICLE 3. Food from Approved Sources §§ 114021–114031 · 7 sections

   • § 114021 (a) Food shall be obtained from sources that comply with all applicable laws. (b) Food stored or prepared in a private home shall not be used or offered for…
   • § 114023 Food in a hermetically sealed container shall be obtained from a food processing plant that is regulated by the food regulatory agency that has jurisdiction…
   • § 114024 (a) Liquid, frozen, and dry eggs and egg products shall be obtained pasteurized. (b) Frozen milk products, such as ice cream, shall be obtained pasteurized as…
   • § 114025 Ice for use as a food or a cooling medium shall be made from potable water.
   • § 114027 Fish that are received for sale or service shall be commercially and legally caught or harvested.
   • § 114029 (a) Molluscan shellfish shall be obtained from sources according to law or the requirements specified in the United States Department of Health and Human…
   • § 114031 (a) Game animals shall be received from an approved source. (b) A game animal shall not be received for sale or service if it is a species of wildlife that is…
4. ARTICLE 4. Receipt of Food §§ 114035–114041 · 9 sections

   • § 114035 (a) Food shall be inspected as soon as practicable upon receipt and prior to any use, storage, or resale. (b) Food shall be accepted only if the inspection…
   • § 114037 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), refrigerated, potentially hazardous food may be at a temperature of 45°F or below when received, if the potentially…
   • § 114039 (a) Raw shucked shellfish shall be obtained in nonreturnable packages that bear a legible label that identifies the name, address, and certification number of…
   • § 114039.1 (a) Shellstock shall be obtained in containers bearing legible source identification tags or labels that are affixed by the harvester or each dealer that…
   • § 114039.2 When received by a food facility, shellstock shall be reasonably free of mud, dead shellfish, and shellfish with broken shells. Dead shellfish or shellstock…
   • § 114039.3 (a) Except as specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), molluscan shellfish shall not be removed from the container in which they are received other than…
   • § 114039.4 (a) Except as specified by subdivision (b), shellstock tags shall remain attached to the container in which the shellstock are received until the container is…
   • § 114039.5 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), molluscan shellfish life-support system display tanks shall not be used to display shellfish that are offered for…
   • § 114041 (a) Shell eggs shall be received clean and sound. (b) Shell eggs shall not exceed the restricted egg tolerances for United States Consumer Grade B Standards.
5. ARTICLE 5. Food Storage §§ 114047–114055 · 5 sections

   • § 114047 (a) Adequate and suitable space shall be provided for the storage of food. (b) Except as specified in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), food shall be protected…
   • § 114049 Food shall not be stored in any of the following ways: (a) In locker rooms. (b) In toilet rooms. (c) In dressing rooms. (d) In refuse rooms. (e) In mechanical…
   • § 114051 Working containers holding food or food ingredients that are removed from their original packages for use in the food facility, such as cooking oils, flour,…
   • § 114053 (a) Prepackaged food may not be stored in direct contact with ice or water if the food is subject to the entry of water because of the nature of its packaging,…
   • § 114055 (a) Products that are held by the permitholder for credit, redemption, or return to the distributor, such as damaged, spoiled, or recalled products, shall be…
6. ARTICLE 6. Specialized Processing Methods §§ 114057–114057.1 · 2 sections

   • § 114057 (a) Potentially hazardous foods that are packed by the food facility in reduced-oxygen packaging or have been partially cooked and sealed in any container or…
   • § 114057.1 (a) A food facility that packages food using a reduced-oxygen packaging method and Clostridium botulinum is identified as a microbiological hazard in the final…
7. ARTICLE 7. Food Display and Service §§ 114060–114083 · 12 sections

   • § 114060 (a) Except for nuts in the shell and whole raw fruits and vegetables that are intended for hulling, peeling, or washing by the consumer before consumption,…
   • § 114063 (a) Raw, nonprepackaged food of animal origin, such as beef, lamb, pork, poultry, and eviscerated fish, shall not be offered for consumer self-service. This…
   • § 114065 Notwithstanding Section 114266, this section shall not be construed to require the enclosure, during operating hours, of consumer self-service nonpotentially…
   • § 114067 (a) Satellite food service is restricted to limited food preparation. (b) Satellite food service shall only be operated by a fully enclosed permanent food…
   • § 114069 Only prepackaged nonpotentially hazardous food or uncut produce may be displayed or sold outdoors by a food facility if all of the following conditions are…
   • § 114073 Bulk milk container dispensing tubes shall be cut on the diagonal leaving no more than one inch protruding from the chilled dispensing head.
   • § 114074 If tableware is preset, exposed, and unused, extra settings shall either be removed when a consumer is seated or cleaned and sanitized before further use.
   • § 114075 (a) Except for refilling a consumer’s drinking cup or container without contact between the pouring utensil and the lip-contact area of the drinking cup or…
   • § 114077 Condiments shall be protected from contamination by being kept in dispensers that are designed to provide protection, protected food displays provided with the…
   • § 114079 (a) Except as specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), after being served or sold and in the possession of a consumer, food that is unused or returned by the…
   • § 114081 (a) Single-use articles and cleaned and sanitized multiservice utensils shall be handled, displayed, and dispensed so that contamination of food and…
   • § 114083 Soiled tableware shall be removed from consumer eating and drinking areas and handled so that clean tableware, food, and food-contact surfaces are not…
8. ARTICLE 8. Consumer Information §§ 114087–114094.5 · 11 sections

   • § 114087 (a) Food offered for human consumption shall be honestly presented in a way that does not mislead or misinform the consumer. (b) Food or color additives,…
   • § 114088 A cottage food product, as defined in Section 113758, that is served by a food facility without packaging or labeling, as described in Section 114365, shall be…
   • § 114089 (a) Food prepackaged in a food facility shall bear a label that complies with the labeling requirements prescribed by the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law…
   • § 114089.1 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (c) of Section 114089, every bakery product shall have a protective wrapping that shall bear a label that complies with…
   • § 114090 (a) If required by law, consumer warnings shall be provided. (b) Food facility’s or manufacturer’s dating information on foods may not be concealed or altered.
   • § 114091 In a licensed health care facility and a public or private school cafeteria, the following shall apply: (a) Only pasteurized juice may be served. (b) Only…
   • § 114093 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (c) and paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 114004 and pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 114091, if an…
   • § 114093.1 (a) Any food facility that serves or sells over the counter directly to the consumer an unlabeled or nonprepackaged food that is a confectionery that contains…
   • § 114093.5 (a) Commencing July 1, 2026, a food facility that is subject to Section 343(q)(5)(H) of Title 21 of the United States Code that serves or sells food to the…
   • § 114094 (a) A food facility subject to Section 343(q)(5)(H) of Title 21 of the United States Code or subject to this section as it read on July 1, 2011, shall comply…
   • § 114094.5 (a) A retail food facility shall not sell or offer for sale after the “use by” date, infant formula or baby food that is required to have this date on its…