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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SB 359
          Author:   Hernandez (D)
          Amended:  1/10/12
          Vote:     21

           
          PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
           
          SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  8-0, 1/19/12
          AYES:  Kehoe, Walters, Alquist, Emmerson, Lieu, Pavley, 
            Price, Steinberg
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Runner


           SUBJECT  :    Food facilities:  hand washing

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill makes several technical changes to the 
          laws governing health and sanitation standards for retail 
          food facilities.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, 
          establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for 
          mobile food facilities and retail food facilities, as 
          defined.  The law requires the Department of Public Health 
          to adopt regulations to implement and administer those 
          provisions, and delegates primary enforcement duties to 
          local health agencies.  A violation of any of these 
          provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.

          The Code requires food employees to report to the person in 
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          charge of a food facility when a food employee has a lesion 
          or wound that is open or draining unless specified 
          conditions to cover or protect the lesion are met. The Code 
          requires all employees to wash their hands in specified 
          instances, including before donning gloves for working with 
          food.

          The Code also requires gloves to be worn when contacting 
          food and food-contact surfaces under specified conditions, 
          including when the employee has any cuts, sores, or rashes. 
           Gloves are required to be changed, replaced, or washed as 
          often as hand washing is required.

          This bill makes several changes to the code sections 
          governing health and sanitation standards for retail food 
          facilities.  (Under current law, these standards are 
          enforced by local agencies.)

          Specifically, this bill specifies that employees must wash 
          their hands before donning gloves for working with food.  
          This bill prohibits single-use gloves from being washed for 
          subsequent use. This bill provides that an employee with a 
          lesion or wound is prohibited from handling food.  This 
          bill also makes several technical changes to the laws 
          governing the use of systems for washing hands and dishes 
          in mobile facilities.

           Comments  

          According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, "The 
          bill's provisions are not anticipated to impose any 
          significant additional costs on local agencies that enforce 
          these positions.  Because local agencies have the authority 
          to impose regulatory fees, the bill does not impose a 
          reimbursable state mandate."

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  Yes

          According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:

                          Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

             Major Provisions                2012-13     2013-14    







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             2014-15               Fund  

            Enforcement of      Minor costs, fully covered by 
            feesLocal
            new standards


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