FDA Food Code Adoption
Some of the major changes are:
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Class II, III, & IV food establishments will be required to have PIC (Person in Charge) that is a trained Certified Food Protection Manager on site at all times.
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Qualified Food Operators (QFOs) will become known as the Certified Food Protection Managers. See below under "Resources" for a list of approved testing organizations.
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Violations will no longer be debit as points. Inspection forms will be marked as one of the following IN or Out of compliance. N/A (not applicable) or N/O (not Observed).
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Failures are no longer based on a score below an 80 or at least one 4 point item but instead a debit for a Priority Item. Failures will now be referred to as requires reinspection. The following are correction timeframes based on FDA.
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Priority violations need to be corrected with 72 hours
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Priority foundation violations - 10 days
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Core violations - 90 days
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RESOURCES:
- Certified Food Protection Manager approved testing organizations
- Click here for the letter sent to Meriden food service establishments.
- CT DPH Food Protection Program - Frequently Asked Questions about FDA Food Code
- CT General Statutes: Section 19a-36o Section 19-13-B105-113
- FDA Food Code inspection form and Continuation Page
- FORM 1-B Conditional Employee or Food Employee Reporting Agreement
- Regulation of the CT DPH Concerning Model Food Code Implementation
- Sample hand washing sign
- Sample vomit/diarrhea clean up protocol