BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 1067 Page 1 Date of Hearing: June 29, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Lorena Gonzalez, Chair SB 1067 (Huff) - As Amended June 16, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Health |Vote:|15 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable: No SUMMARY: This bill modifies the California Retail Food Code (CRFC) to align with updated Food and Drug Administration (FDA) model code governing retail food safety. Specifically, this bill: 1)Requires the food safety certification examination, which must be completed by at least one person at every retail food SB 1067 Page 2 facility, to include knowledge of major food allergens. 2)Modifies provisions governing raw or undercooked animal-derived products. 3)Clarifies "juicing" is considered preparing a beverage, and is therefore only subject to less stringent "limited food preparation" requirements. 4)Contains other minor and noncontroversial revisions to the California Retail Food Code (CRFC). FISCAL EFFECT: Negligible state costs. Retail food safety laws are locally enforced by environmental health departments and can be funded through local fees on retail facilities. COMMENTS: 1)Purpose. According to the author, this bill is necessary because it updates the CRFC to conform to recent federal recommendations. This bill is sponsored by the CRFC Coalition, which is a collaboration of more than 60 federal, state, local regulators, retail food industry representatives that advises on periodic updates to the CRFC. 2)Background. The CRFC establishes uniform statewide health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities. The FDA publishes the Food Code, a model that assists food control jurisdictions by providing them with a scientifically sound SB 1067 Page 3 technical and legal basis for regulating the retail and food service segment of the industry. 3)Related Legislation. AB 1252 (Committee on Health), Chapter 556, Statutes of 2013, was the last major update to the CRFC. AB 2130 (Pan and Gatto), Chapter 75, Statutes of 2014 repealed one provision of AB 1252 related to "bare-hand contact" with food, which had resulted in significant concern for small food facilities. Analysis Prepared by:Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081