Article 5 - Food Storage

California Health and Safety Code — §§ 114047-114055

Sections (4)

§ 114049

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.

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 rooms.

(f)Under sewer lines that are not shielded to intercept potential drips.

(g)Under leaking water lines, including leaking automatic fire sprinkler heads, or under lines on which water has condensed.

(h)Under open stairwells.

(i)Under other sources of contamination.

§ 114051

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.

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, herbs, potato flakes, salt, spices, and sugar, shall be identified with the common name of the food, except that containers holding food that can be readily and unmistakably recognized, such as dry pasta, need not be identified.

§ 114053

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.

(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, wrapping, or container, or its positioning in the ice or water.

(b)Except as specified in subdivisions (c) and (d), nonprepackaged food may not be stored in direct contact with undrained ice.

(c)Whole raw fruits or

vegetables, cut raw vegetables, and tofu may be immersed in ice or water.

(d)Raw chicken and raw fish that are received immersed in ice in shipping containers may remain in that condition while in storage awaiting preparation, display, service, or sale.

§ 114055

Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.

(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 segregated and held in designated areas that are separated from food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use articles.

(b)All returned or damaged food products and food products from which the label has been removed shall be separated and stored in a separate area and in a manner that

shall prevent adulteration of other foods and shall not contribute to a vermin problem.