§ 1245. Kitchen Facilities, Sanitation, and Food Storage.

(a) Kitchen facilities, sanitation, and food preparation, service, and storage shall comply with standards set forth in Health and Safety Code, Division 104, Part 7, Chapters 1-13, Sections 113700 et seq. California Retail Food Code.

(b) In facilities where inmates prepare meals for self-consumption or where frozen meals or pre-prepared food from other permitted food facilities (see Health and Safety Code Section 114381) are (re)heated and served, the following applicable California Retail Food Code standards may be waived by the local health officer:

(1) H & S Sections 114130-114141;

(2) H & S Sections 114099.6, 114095-114099.5, 114101-114109, 114123, and 114125, if a domestic or commercial dishwasher capable of providing heat to the surface of the utensils of a temperature of at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit, is used for the purpose of cleaning and sanitizing multi-service utensils and multi-service consumer utensils;

(3) H & S Sections 114149-114149.3 except that, regardless of such a waiver, the facility shall provide mechanical ventilation sufficient to remove gases, odors, steam, heat, grease, vapors and smoke from the kitchen;

(4) H & S Sections 114268-114269; and,

(5) H & S Sections 114279-114282.

HISTORY

1. Editorial correction of NOTE filed 9-30-82 (Register 82, No. 40).

2. Change without regulatory effect (Register 86, No. 32).

3. Designation and amendment of subsection (a) and new subsections (b)-(b)(5) filed 8-4-94; operative 9-5-94 (Register 94, No. 31).

4. Amendment filed 1-26-98; operative 2-25-98 (Register 98, No. 5).

5. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(5) filed 1-11-2001; operative 2-10-2001 (Register 2001, No. 2).

6. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(5) filed 6-2-2005; operative 7-2-2005 (Register 2005, No. 22).

7. Amendment filed 4-20-2009; operative 5-20-2009 (Register 2009, No. 17).

8. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)(4) filed 1-7-2010 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2010, No. 2).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Section 6030, Penal Code. Reference: Section 6030, Penal Code.