BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1252 (Health Committee)
As Amended August 20, 2013
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |76-0 |(April 25, |SENATE: |39-0 |(September 6, |
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Original Committee Reference: HEALTH
SUMMARY : Makes various technical, clarifying, and conforming
changes to the California Retail Food Code (CRFC), the state's
principal law governing food safety and sanitation in retail
food facilities, and makes changes necessary to implement
California's cottage food operations law.
The Senate amendments make numerous additional technical,
clarifying, and noncontroversial changes to the CRFC, including:
1)Cottage foods:
a) Clarifies that direct sales of cottage foods must take
place within the state;
b) Requires Class A cottage food operations, which are
required to register, but are not required to obtain a
permit, to renew their registrations annually;
c) Requires all cottage food operators to retain a copy of
their registration or permit onsite at the time of either
direct or indirect cottage food sale; and,
d) Requires cottage food producers to complete a food
processor course approved, rather than instructed, by the
Department of Public Health (DPH), require the course to be
taken every three years during operation, and require DPH
to post the course on its Web site.
2)Bare hand contact:
a) Repeals current law that requires employees to minimize
bare hand and arm contact with ready-to-eat food, and
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instead prohibits food employees from contacting exposed,
ready-to-eat food with their bare hands; and,
b) Provides an exception to the prohibition in a) above,
provided that the permitholder obtains prior approval from
the local enforcement agency, and written procedures and
documentation are maintained, as specified.
3)Temporary food facilities:
a) Allows specified temporary food facilities to provide an
adequate supply of utensils in lieu of warewashing
facilities, as specified, with approval of the local
enforcement agency; and,
b) Allows up to eight temporary food facilities to share a
warewashing sink, as specified, with the approval of the
local enforcement agency.
4)Service animals:
a) Clarifies that a service animal in training qualifies as
a service animal for purposes of the CRFC; and,
b) Deletes a requirement that the work or tasks performed
by a service animal be directly related to an individual's
disability.
5)Makes numerous additional minor, technical, and clarifying
changes.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
Analysis Prepared by : Ben Russell / HEALTH / (916) 319-2097
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