Bill Text: CA SB1235 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Prepackaged food.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 927, Statutes of 2014. [SB1235 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1235-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1235	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 11, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to food.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1235, as amended, Knight. Prepackaged food.
   Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform
health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, as
defined. Existing law exempts from the definition of food facility a
premises set aside by a beer manufacturer for the purposes of beer
tasting, if no other beverage except for beer and prepackaged
nonpotentially hazardous beverages is offered for sale for onsite
consumption and no food, except crackers or pretzels, is served. 
Existing law defines "potentially hazardous food" and "prepackaged
food" for these purposes.  Existing law provides that local
health agencies are primarily responsible for enforcing these
provisions. A person who violates any provision of the code is guilty
of a misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided.
   This bill would  additionally  exclude from the
definition of food facility a premises set aside by a beer
manufacturer for the purposes of beer tasting that offers for onsite
consumption prepackaged  chips, pretzels, crackers, nuts,
jerky, dried fruit, and energy bars.  food that is not
potentially hazardous food. The bill would make these facilities, if
prepackaged food that is not potentially hazardous food is offered
for sale, subject to specified provisions of the retail food code. By
expanding the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program:  no   yes  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   113789.  (a) "Food facility" means an operation that stores,
prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for
human consumption at the retail level, including, but not limited to,
the following:
   (1) An operation where food is consumed on or off the premises,
regardless of whether there is a charge for the food.
   (2) A place used in conjunction with the operations described in
this subdivision, including, but not limited to, storage facilities
for food-related utensils, equipment, and materials.
   (b) "Food facility" includes permanent and nonpermanent food
facilities, including, but not limited to, the following:
   (1) Public and private school cafeterias.
   (2) Restricted food service facilities.
   (3)  Licensed health care facilities, except as provided in
paragraph (13) of subdivision (c).
   (4) Commissaries.
   (5) Mobile food facilities.
   (6) Mobile support units.
   (7) Temporary food facilities.
   (8) Vending machines.
   (9) Certified farmers' markets, for purposes of permitting and
enforcement pursuant to Section 114370.
   (10) Farm stands, for purposes of permitting and enforcement
pursuant to Section 114375.
   (c) "Food facility" does not include any of the following:
   (1) A cooperative arrangement wherein no permanent facilities are
used for storing or handling food.
   (2) A private home, including a cottage food operation that is
registered or has a permit pursuant to Section 114365.
   (3) A church, private club, or other nonprofit association that
gives or sells food to its members and guests, and not to the general
public, at an event that occurs not more than three days in any
90-day period.
   (4) A for-profit entity that gives or sells food at an event that
occurs not more than three days in a 90-day period for the benefit of
a nonprofit association, if the for-profit entity receives no
monetary benefit, other than that resulting from recognition from
participating in an event.
   (5) Premises set aside for wine tasting, as that term is used in
Section 23356.1 of the Business and Professions Code and in the
regulations adopted pursuant to that section, that comply with
Section 118375, regardless of whether there is a charge for the wine
tasting, if no other beverage, except for bottles of wine and
prepackaged nonpotentially hazardous beverages, is offered for sale
for onsite consumption and no food, except for crackers, is served.
   (6) Premises operated by a producer, selling or offering for sale
only whole produce grown by the producer, or shell eggs, or both,
provided the sales are conducted on premises controlled by the
producer.
   (7) A commercial food processing plant as defined in Section
111955.
   (8) A child day care facility, as defined in Section 1596.750.
   (9) A community care facility, as defined in Section 1502.
   (10) A residential care facility for the elderly, as defined in
Section 1569.2.
   (11) A residential care facility for the chronically ill, which
has the same meaning as a residential care facility, as defined in
Section 1568.01.
   (12) Premises set aside by a beer manufacturer, as defined in
Section 25000.2 of the Business and Professions Code, that comply
with Section 118375, for the purposes of beer tasting, regardless of
whether there is a charge for the beer tasting, if no other beverage,
except for beer and prepackaged nonpotentially hazardous beverages,
is offered for sale for onsite consumption, and no food, except for
 crackers, pretzels, or  prepackaged  chips,
pretzels, crackers, nuts, jerky, dried fruit, and energy bars
  food that is not potentially hazardous food is
offered for onsite consumption.  If prepackaged food that is not
potentially hazardous food is offered for sale, then these facilities
shall comply with the provisions of Section 114289. 
   (13) (A) An intermediate care facility for the developmentally
disabled, as defined in subdivisions (e), (h), and (m) of Section
1250, with a capacity of six beds or fewer.
   (B) A facility described in subparagraph (A) shall report any
foodborne illness or outbreak to the local health department and to
the State Department of Public Health within 24 hours of the illness
or outbreak.
   SEC. 2.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.