San Diego Municipal Code Div. 1 Retail Food Facilities and Handlers

(“Food and Drug Handling, Distribution and Sales” added 2–10–1953 by O–5486 N.S.) (Retitled to “Retail Food Facilities and Handlers“ and amended 1-2-2013 by O-20229 N.S.)

Health regulated businesses include food facilities regulated in the California Retail Food Code California Health and Safety Code sections 113700 et seq. (CRFC), which provides Statewide health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities. The CRFC allows a city or county to establish some local requirements for retail food facilities and their employees. The CRFC also provides that a local enforcement agency shall have primary enforcement responsibility for the State regulations in its jurisdiction. The purposes of this Division are to adopt regulations for retail food facilities and their employees in addition to the CRFC and applicable City regulations for health regulated businesses to protect the public health and safety in the City and to appoint the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health as the local enforcement authority on State and County regulations for retail food facilities and their employees in the City. (Amended 1–23–1989 by O–17223 N.S.) (Retitled from “Health Regulated Business Defined — Regulated” to “Purpose“ and amended 1-2-2013 by O-20229 N.S.; effective 2-1-2013.)

The provisions of the San Diego County Code of Regulatory Ordinances concerning permanent and mobile food facilities, at Title 6, Division 1, of the County Code, are incorporated into this Code by this reference. (Amended 4–13–1965 by O–9194 N.S.) (Retitled from “Food Handling Establishments - Sanitary Score” to “County Code of Regulations Adopted” and amended 1-2-2013 by O-20229 N.S.; effective 2-1-2013.)

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San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 4: Health and Sanitation (7-2001)

Article 2: Health Regulated Businesses and Activities