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S1215.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS - Amends existing law relating to the regulation of
food establishments to exclude correctional facilities from the definition
of food establishment.
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01/30 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Bunderson, Burkett, Calabretta, Cameron,
Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Ingram,
Kennedy, Keough, Little(Bilbao), Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McKenzie,
McWilliams, Noble, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Sweet, Werk(Spindler), Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Brandt, Burtenshaw, Noh
Floor Sponsor - Darrington
Title apvd - to House
02/02 House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1215
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO REGULATION OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS; AMENDING SECTION 39-1602, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO EXCLUDE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FROM THE DEFINITION OF FOOD
4 ESTABLISHMENT AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 39-1602, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 39-1602. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
9 (1) "Food establishment" means those operations in the food business such
10 as, but not limited to, food processing establishments, canning factories,
11 salvage processing facilities, food service establishments, cold storage
12 plants, commissaries, warehouses, food vending machine operations and loca-
13 tion, caterers, mobile food units and retail food stores. Such operations
14 include all activities under the control of the license holder including prep-
15 aration, processing, storage, service, transportation vehicles, satellite
16 locations, divisions and departments, and remote feeding sites. The term
17 includes operations which are conducted in permanent, temporary or mobile
18 facilities or locations. It includes any food operation regardless of whether
19 consumption is on or off the premises and regardless of whether there is a
20 charge for the food. Individual divisions and departments on one (1) premises
21 and under common ownership shall as a whole be considered a single food estab-
22 lishment. The term "food establishment" does not include:
23 (a) Private homes where food is prepared or served for individual family
24 consumption;
25 (b) Fraternal, benevolent or nonprofit charitable organizations which do
26 not prepare or serve food on a regular basis. Food shall not be considered
27 to be served on a regular basis if the food is served for a period not to
28 exceed five (5) consecutive days on no more than three (3) occasions per
29 year for foods which are not potentially hazardous, or if the food is
30 served no more than one (1) meal a week for all other foods;
31 (c) Bed and breakfast establishments with ten (10) or fewer beds;
32 (d) Establishments which offer only factory-sealed foods that are not
33 potentially hazardous; and
34 (e) Agricultural markets; and
35 (f) Any correctional facility as defined in section 18-101A, Idaho Code.
36 (2) "Potentially hazardous food" means any food or ingredient, natural or
37 synthetic, in a form capable of supporting the rapid and progressive growth of
38 infectious or toxigenic microorganisms or the slower growth of clostridium
39 botulinum. Included is any food of animal origin, either raw or heat treated
40 and any food of plant origin which has been heat treated or which is raw seed
41 sprouts; cut melons; and garlic and oil mixtures. The term "potentially haz-
42 ardous food" does not include:
43 (a) Air-dried hard-boiled eggs with shells intact;
2
1 (b) Foods with a water activity (aw) value of eighty-five hundredths
2 (0.85) or less;
3 (c) Foods with a pH (hydrogen ion concentration) level of four and six-
4 tenths (4.6) or below when measured at seventy-five (75) degrees Fahren-
5 heit;
6 (d) Foods in unopened hermetically-sealed containers which have been com-
7 mercially processed to achieve and maintain commercial sterility under
8 conditions of nonrefrigerated storage and distribution;
9 (e) Foods for which laboratory evidence, acceptable to the regulatory
10 authority, demonstrates that rapid and progressive growth of infectious
11 and toxigenic microorganisms or the slower growth of clostridium botulinum
12 cannot occur;
13 (f) Milk, half-and-half cream, butter products, frozen dairy desserts and
14 other fluid milk products, in the original unopened container; and
15 (g) Any other food items determined by the department of health and wel-
16 fare not to be potentially hazardous.
17 (3) "Regulatory authority" means the director of the Idaho department of
18 health and welfare or the director's designee.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS13644C1
The purpose of this bill is to delete county jails and
state correctional facilities from the requirements of the
Idaho Food Code. This code, enforced by the Idaho Department
of Health and Welfare, is designed to apply to restaurants and
other private and public food service entities. State
correctional facilities and county jails have their own rules
and regulations pertaining to service of food within
correctional facilities and jails that are better designed to
meet their needs. Implementing Health and Welfare rules on
food service would create a significant financial burden on
the state and on county governments that would require
additional funding from the state general fund and local
property taxpayers. This bill will avoid that unnecessary
burden.
FISCAL IMPACT
This bill has no adverse impact on the general fund or on
county budgets.
CONTACT: Idaho Sheriff's Association, Michael J. Kane
Phone: 342-4545
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S1215