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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Retail Food Facility Safety Act, 3 Pa.C.S. secs. 5701-5714; Food Safety Act, 3 Pa.C.S. secs. 5721-5737; Administrative Code sec. 1705(d), 71 P.S. sec. 445(d)
- Issued
- 2014-04-11 Apr. 11, 2014
- Effective
- Standing regulation throughout 2020 and 2021 (read as 2014-04-11)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Apr. 11, 2014 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- specified businesses: retail food facility operators (license holders)
- Character
- sanitary code duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Pennsylvania DUT-PA
Operative words
To retain a license issued by the Department or licensor under this chapter, a retail food facility operator shall do the following:... (9) Comply with directives of the Department or licensor including... orders, warnings and other directives issued by the Department or licensor in regard to the operator's retail food facility or in response to community emergencies.
Penalty
Loss of the license (condition of retention); 3 Pa.C.S. sec. 5714 penalties (Ex. DUT-PA-017)
What it required
Made retention of every retail food facility license conditional on compliance with the Department's 'orders, warnings and other directives... in response to community emergencies,' on immediately reporting 'an illness of a food employee,' and on immediately discontinuing operations when 'an imminent health hazard may exist because of an emergency such as... onset of an apparent foodborne illness outbreak, gross unsanitary occurrence or condition, or other circumstance that may endanger public health,' with no resumption 'until approval is obtained.'
Retrieval noteOfficial Pennsylvania Code page rendered to PDF. Chapter 46 adopts the FDA Model Food Code by reference (7 Pa. Code sec. 46.3 and the chapter's reserved subchapters); paragraph (4) cross-references Subpart 2-201 of the Model Food Code (responsibilities of permit holder, person in charge, food employees and conditional employees regarding illness).