Transcript ASSEMBLY BILL 2168 - Sacramento County, California

ASSEMBLY BILL 2168
FIELD RETAIL STANDS
&
FARM STANDS:
What’s the Difference?
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Permits and Licenses
Field Retail Stand – exempt from
retail food facility Health Permit
Section 113789 (c) (6)
Farm Stand – requires retail food
facility Health Permit
Section 113789 (b) (10)
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New Definitions
PRODUCE: whole edible portion of
a plant in its raw and natural state
PRODUCER: a person or entity who
produces shell eggs or edible
plants by the practice of
agricultural arts ……
FIELD RETAIL STAND
Sales site operated by a farmer where
only whole produce that has been
grown by the farmer and/or shell
eggs from the farm are offered for
sale.
Sales site must be on premises
controlled by the farmer
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FARM STAND
New category of retail food facility
Must have local agency Health Permit
to operate
Can sell:
Limited amount of convenience/snack
foods
Unlimited amount of “Value Added”
prepackaged non-PHF
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FARM STAND
REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for convenience/snack
foods:
Only non PHF prepackaged foods
“Approved Source”
Labeling
Limited to 50 square feet of
combined storage and sales
display
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FARM STAND
REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for Value Added
food products:
Only non-PHF prepackaged foods
Produce ingredients grown in
“close proximity” to the farm
stand
Products from an “approved
source”
Labeling
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FARM STAND
REQUIREMENTS
No floors, walls, or ceiling required
No hard plumbed potable water
source required
No fixed connection to an approved
septic system or sewer required
Protection from Contamination
AB 2168 also references the generic
CalCode Section 113980:
“All food must be manufactured,
produced,…..kept for sale…… so as
to be free from adulteration….shall
be protected from dirt, vermin,
…..droplet contamination,….. or other
sources of environmental
contamination……..”.
FARM STAND
REQUIREMENTS
Storage of prepackaged processed
food products in an “approved
vermin proof area or container
when the farm stand is closed.”
Section 114375 (f)
No live animals/birds/fowl within 20
feet of a farm stand and any
storage area(s)
Section 114375 (d)
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So what about
food samples?
FARM STAND
REQUIREMENTS
No food preparation allowed but if
any food samples are offered:
1. A written sampling protocol is
required
Section 114371 (b) (1-8)
2. “Approved” toilet and handwashing
facilities are required
Section 113310
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Approved?
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How about this set up?
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Farm Stand
Toilet and Handwashing
Requirements
Health and Safety Code
Sections 113310 – 113360

Clean field toilets with toilet paper
 Hand washing facility with water and
cleansing agent
 Sanitary disposal of waste and waste
water
 Conveniently located (5 minute walk)
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APPROVED SOURCE:
PROCESSING KITCHEN
Section 114375 (c) (2):
Health Permit from local EH agencies
and/or
Processed Food Registration (PFR) from
California Department of Public Health – Food
and Drug Branch:
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages/
FDB%20ProcessedFoods.aspx
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APPROVED SOURCE:
PROCESSING KITCHEN
FDB Cannery License required:
Low Acid Canned Foods
pH Controlled Acidified Foods
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages
/fdbCAN.aspx
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Questions
about
Farm Stands?
AB 2588
Allows local ordinances to
regulate food vending from
vehicles
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AB 2588
• Amended Sections 113709 & 114315
• Allows local public safety ordinances
for mobile food facilities to
regulate:
•
The type of food vending
• The time, place, and manner of food
vending
• Now consistent with CA Vehicle Code
Section 22455
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