FDA Food Code Adoption

Some of the major changes are:

• 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.

• Qualified Food Operators (QFOs) will become known as the Certified Food Protection Managers. See below  under "Resources" for a list of approved testing organizations.

• 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).

• 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.

  • Priority violations need to be corrected with 72 hours

  • Priority foundation violations - 10 days

  • Core violations - 90 days

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