Bill Text: MI HB4811 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Agriculture; other; certain food processing standards; modify compliance with federal regulations, and modify certain licensing requirements and fees. Amends secs. 1109, 1111, 3119, 4103 & 7112 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.1109 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4812'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-10 - Assigned Pa 92'18 With Immediate Effect [HB4811 Detail]

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HB-4811, As Passed Senate, March 8, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      A bill to amend 2000 PA 92, entitled

 

"Food law,"

 

by amending sections 1109, 1111, 3119, 4103, and 7112 (MCL

 

289.1109, 289.1111, 289.3119, 289.4103, and 289.7112), section 1109

 

as amended by 2015 PA 142, sections 1111 and 3119 as amended by

 

2016 PA 188, and section 4103 as amended and section 7112 as added

 

by 2012 PA 178.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 1109. As used in this act:

 

 2        (a) "Guide for the control of molluscan shellfish" means

 

 3  section II, model ordinance, national shellfish sanitation program

 

 4  guide for the control of molluscan shellfish, 2009, recommendations

 

 5  of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health

 

 6  Service, Food and Drug Administration.


 1        (b) "HACCP plan" means a written document that delineates the

 

 2  formal procedures for following the hazard analysis and critical

 

 3  control point principles developed by the National Advisory

 

 4  Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods.

 

 5        (c) "Imminent or substantial hazard" means a condition at a

 

 6  food establishment that the director determines requires immediate

 

 7  action to prevent endangering the health of people.

 

 8        (d) "Inspection" means the checking or testing of observable

 

 9  practices against standards established in or adopted by this act,

 

10  accompanied by a report of findings.

 

11        (e) "Juice" means the aqueous liquid expressed or extracted

 

12  from 1 or more fruits or vegetables, purees of the edible portions

 

13  of 1 or more fruits or vegetables, or any concentrates of such

 

14  liquid or puree.

 

15        (f) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic

 

16  matter on the immediate container of any article and includes a

 

17  requirement imposed under this act that any word, statement, or

 

18  other information appearing on the display also appear on the

 

19  outside container or wrapper of the retail package of the article

 

20  or be easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.

 

21        (g) "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or

 

22  graphic matter upon an article, any of its containers or wrappers,

 

23  or accompanying the article.

 

24        (h) "License holder" means the person who is legally

 

25  responsible for the operation of a food establishment including the

 

26  owner, the owner's agent, or other person operating under apparent

 

27  authority of the owner and who possesses a valid license to operate


 1  a food establishment.

 

 2        (i) (h) "License limitation" means an action by which the

 

 3  director imposes restrictions or conditions, or both, on a license

 

 4  of a food establishment.

 

 5        (i) "License holder" means the person who is legally

 

 6  responsible for the operation of a food establishment including the

 

 7  owner, the owner's agent, or other person operating under apparent

 

 8  authority of the owner and who possesses a valid license to operate

 

 9  a food establishment.

 

10        (j) "Limited food processor" means a food processor that had

 

11  in the preceding licensing year or is reasonably anticipated to

 

12  have in the current licensing year $25,000.00 or less in annual

 

13  gross wholesale sales made or business done in wholesale sales.

 

14  Only the food sales from the food processor operation shall must be

 

15  used in computing the annual gross sales under this subdivision.

 

16        (k) "Local health department" means that term as defined in

 

17  section 1105 of the public health code, MCL 333.1105, and having

 

18  those powers and duties as described in part 24 of the public

 

19  health code, MCL 333.2401 to 333.2498.

 

20        (l) "Low-risk food" means any of the following:

 

21        (i) Raw or prepackaged food that is not potentially hazardous

 

22  food (time/temperature control for safety food).

 

23        (ii) Potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for

 

24  safety food) that is prepared in a licensed facility and is not

 

25  prepared on-site.

 

26        (iii) Commercially processed potentially hazardous food

 

27  (time/temperature control for safety food) that is fully cooked and


 1  heated only for hot holding.

 

 2        (m) "Michigan bridge card" means the card used for the

 

 3  electronic benefit transfer system for food stamp distribution

 

 4  required under section 14h of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280,

 

 5  MCL 400.14h.

 

 6        (n) "Micro market" means an operation that does all of the

 

 7  following:

 

 8        (i) Offers for sale commercially prepackaged foods properly

 

 9  labeled for individual sale as required under section 3-201.11(C)

 

10  of the food code, except as provided under section 3-302.11(B)(1),

 

11  and does not offer bulk food for sale.

 

12        (ii) Uses an automated payment system.

 

13        (iii) Controls the entry to the operation so that the

 

14  operation is accessible only by a defined population and is not

 

15  accessible by the general public.

 

16        (iv) Limits consumer food preparation to heating or reheating

 

17  food in a microwave oven.

 

18        (v) Utilizes continuous video surveillance of areas where

 

19  consumers view, select, handle, and purchase food. An operation

 

20  does not satisfy this subparagraph if the video surveillance is not

 

21  of sufficient resolution to allow for the identification of

 

22  situations that may compromise food safety or food defense.

 

23        (vi) If the operation uses a refrigerator unit or freezer

 

24  unit, the operation only uses a unit that has both of the following

 

25  features:

 

26        (A) Self-closing doors that allow food to be viewed without

 

27  opening the door.


 1        (B) An automatic self-locking mechanism that prevents the

 

 2  consumer from accessing the food if the refrigeration unit fails to

 

 3  maintain the internal product temperature specified under section

 

 4  3-501.16(A)(2) of the food code or the freezer unit fails to

 

 5  maintain the food frozen.

 

 6        (o) (n) "Milk product" means cream, light cream, light

 

 7  whipping cream, heavy cream, heavy whipping cream, whipped cream,

 

 8  whipped light cream, sour cream, acidified sour cream, cultured

 

 9  sour cream, half-and-half, sour half-and-half, acidified sour half-

 

10  and-half, cultured sour half-and-half, reconstituted or recombined

 

11  milk and milk products, concentrated milk, concentrated milk

 

12  products, skim milk, lowfat milk, frozen milk concentrate, eggnog,

 

13  buttermilk, cultured milk, cultured lowfat milk, cultured skim

 

14  milk, yogurt, lowfat yogurt, nonfat yogurt, acidified milk,

 

15  acidified lowfat milk, acidified skim milk, low-sodium milk, low-

 

16  sodium lowfat milk, low-sodium skim milk, lactose-reduced milk,

 

17  lactose-reduced lowfat milk, lactose-reduced skim milk, aseptically

 

18  processed and packaged milk, milk products with added safe and

 

19  suitable microbial organisms, and any other milk product made by

 

20  the addition or subtraction of milkfat or addition of safe and

 

21  suitable optional ingredients for protein, vitamin, or mineral

 

22  fortification. Milk product includes dietary dairy products, dairy-

 

23  based infant formula, ice cream and other frozen desserts, cheese,

 

24  butter, and any other product derived from milk.

 

25        (p) (o) "Misbranded" means food to which any of the following

 

26  apply:

 

27        (i) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.


 1        (ii) It is offered for sale under the name of another food.

 

 2        (iii) It is an imitation of another food unless its label

 

 3  bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation"

 

 4  and immediately thereafter the name of the food imitated.

 

 5        (iv) Its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be

 

 6  misleading.

 

 7        (v) It is in package form, unless it bears a label containing

 

 8  both the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or

 

 9  distributor and an accurate statement of the quantity of the

 

10  contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count subject to

 

11  reasonable variations permitted and exemptions for small packages

 

12  established by rules.

 

13        (vi) Any word, statement, date, or other labeling required by

 

14  this act is not placed on the label or labeling prominently,

 

15  conspicuously, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read

 

16  and understood by the ordinary individual under customary

 

17  conditions of purchase and use.

 

18        (vii) It purports to be or is represented as a food for which

 

19  a definition and standard of identity have been prescribed by

 

20  regulations promulgated under the federal act or by rules, unless

 

21  it conforms to the definition and standard and its label bears the

 

22  name of the food specified in the definition and standard, and,

 

23  insofar as may be required by the regulations or rules, the common

 

24  names of optional ingredients, other than spices, flavoring, and

 

25  coloring, present in the food.

 

26        (viii) It purports to be or is represented to be either of the

 

27  following:


 1        (A) A food for which a standard of quality has been prescribed

 

 2  by this act or rules if its quality falls below the standard unless

 

 3  its label bears, in the manner and form that the rules specify, a

 

 4  statement that it falls below the standard.

 

 5        (B) A food for which a standard or standards of fill of

 

 6  container have been prescribed by this act or rules and that falls

 

 7  below the standard of fill of container applicable, unless its

 

 8  label bears, in the manner and form that the rules specify, a

 

 9  statement that it falls below the standard.

 

10        (ix) It does not bear labeling clearly giving the common or

 

11  usual name of the food, if one exists, and if fabricated from 2 or

 

12  more ingredients, the common or usual name of each ingredient

 

13  except that spices, flavorings, and colorings, other than those

 

14  sold as such, may be designated as spices, flavorings, and

 

15  colorings, without naming each and except under other circumstances

 

16  as established by rules regarding exemptions based upon

 

17  practicality, potential deception, or unfair competition.

 

18        (x) It bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial

 

19  coloring, or chemical preservative unless the labeling states that

 

20  fact or under other circumstances as established by rules regarding

 

21  exemptions based upon practicality.

 

22        (xi) If a food intended for human consumption and offered for

 

23  sale, its label and labeling do not bear the nutrition information

 

24  required under section 403(q) 343(q) of the federal act, 21 USC

 

25  343.

 

26        (xii) It is a product intended as an ingredient of another

 

27  food and, when used according to the directions of the purveyor,


 1  will result in the final food product being adulterated or

 

 2  misbranded.

 

 3        (xiii) It is a color additive whose packaging and labeling are

 

 4  not in conformity with applicable packaging and labeling

 

 5  requirements under the federal act.

 

 6        (q) (p) "Mobile food establishment" means a food establishment

 

 7  operating from a vehicle, including a watercraft, that returns to a

 

 8  mobile food establishment commissary for servicing and maintenance

 

 9  at least once every 24 hours.

 

10        (r) (q) "Mobile food establishment commissary" means an

 

11  operation that is capable of servicing a mobile food establishment.

 

12        (s) (r) "Nonperishable food" means food that is not perishable

 

13  food.

 

14        (t) (s) "Perishable food" means any food that the

 

15  manufacturer, packer, or retailer, in conjunction with the

 

16  department, determines to have a significant risk of spoilage, loss

 

17  of value, or loss of palatability within 90 days of the date of

 

18  packaging.

 

19        (u) (t) "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship,

 

20  partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity.

 

21        (v) (u) "Pesticide chemical" means any substance that, alone,

 

22  in chemical combination, or in formulation with 1 or more other

 

23  substances, is a pesticide within the meaning of the federal

 

24  insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act, 7 USC 136 to 136y, and

 

25  is used in the production, storage, or transportation of raw

 

26  agricultural commodities.

 

27        (w) (v) "Principal display panel" means that part of a label


 1  that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined

 

 2  under normal and customary conditions of display for retail sale.

 

 3        (x) (w) "Priority foundation item" means a provision in the

 

 4  food code whose application supports, facilitates, or enables 1 or

 

 5  more priority items. Priority foundation item includes an item that

 

 6  requires the purposeful incorporation of specific actions,

 

 7  equipment, or procedures by industry management to attain control

 

 8  of risk factors that contribute to foodborne illness or injury such

 

 9  as personnel training, infrastructure, or necessary equipment,

 

10  HACCP plans, documentation or record-keeping, and labeling. A

 

11  priority foundation item is an item that is denoted in the food

 

12  code with a superscript Pf-Pf.

 

13        (y) (x) "Priority item" means a provision in the food code

 

14  whose application contributes directly to the elimination,

 

15  prevention, or reduction to an acceptable level of hazards

 

16  associated with foodborne illness or injury if there is no other

 

17  provision that more directly controls the hazard. Priority item

 

18  includes an item with a quantifiable measure to show control of

 

19  hazards such as cooking, reheating, cooling, or hand washing. A

 

20  priority item is an item that is denoted in the food code with a

 

21  superscript P-P.

 

22        (z) (y) "Public health code" means 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101

 

23  to 333.25211.

 

24        Sec. 1111. As used in this act:

 

25        (a) "Raw agricultural commodity" means any food in its raw or

 

26  natural state including fruits that are washed, colored, or

 

27  otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form before marketing.


 1        (b) "Regulatory authority" means the department, the local

 

 2  health department, or the authorized representative having

 

 3  jurisdiction over the food establishment.

 

 4        (c) "Retail food establishment" means an operation that sells

 

 5  or offers to sell food directly to a consumer. Retail food

 

 6  establishment includes both a retail grocery and a food service

 

 7  establishment, but does not include a food processor.

 

 8        (d) "Retail grocery" means an operation that sells or offers

 

 9  to sell food to consumers for off-premises consumption. Food for

 

10  off-premises consumption does not include take-out food intended

 

11  for immediate consumption.

 

12        (e) "Rules" means administrative rules promulgated under this

 

13  act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA

 

14  306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

 

15        (f) "Shellfish dealer" means an interstate wholesaler handling

 

16  shellfish.

 

17        (g) "Shellfish dealer certification" means the issuance of a

 

18  numbered certificate to a person indicating that the person is in

 

19  compliance with the requirements of the guide for the control of

 

20  molluscan shellfish and that the person has permission from the

 

21  department to conduct 1 or more of the following shellfish

 

22  activities, as defined in the guide for the control of molluscan

 

23  shellfish:

 

24        (i) Shellstock shipper.

 

25        (ii) Shucker packer.

 

26        (iii) Repacker or reshipper.

 

27        (h) "Smoked fish rules" means R 285.569.1 to R 285.569.19 of


 1  the Michigan Administrative Code.

 

 2        (i) "Special transitory food unit" means a temporary food

 

 3  establishment that is licensed to operate throughout the state

 

 4  without the 14-day limits or a mobile food establishment that is

 

 5  not required to return to a commissary.

 

 6        (j) "Staple foods" does not include accessory foods such as

 

 7  coffee, tea, cocoa, soda, noncarbonated drinks such as sports

 

 8  drinks, punches, and flavored waters, candy, condiments, spices,

 

 9  hot foods, or foods ready to go or made to take out, such as

 

10  prepared sandwiches or salads.

 

11        (k) "Sulfiting agents" means any of the following:

 

12        (i) Sulfur dioxide.

 

13        (ii) Sodium sulfite.

 

14        (iii) Sodium bisulfite.

 

15        (iv) Potassium bisulfite.

 

16        (v) Sodium metabisulfite.

 

17        (vi) Potassium metabisulfite.

 

18        (l) "Temporary food establishment" means a food establishment

 

19  that operates at a fixed location for a temporary period not to

 

20  exceed 14 consecutive days.

 

21        (m) "Temporary license" means a written authorization issued

 

22  by the director to operate for a specified limited time period.

 

23        (n) "Transient tenant" means a person who rents a room in a

 

24  bed and breakfast for fewer than 30 consecutive days.

 

25        (o) "Trimming" means removing leaves, roots, and other

 

26  extraneous materials in preparation for grading, sorting, and sale

 

27  as a whole fruit or vegetable. Trimming does not remove the peel or


 1  core and does not further cut the whole fruit or vegetable.

 

 2        (p) "U.S. standards for shell eggs" means "United States

 

 3  Standards, Grades, and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs", AMS 56 (July

 

 4  20, 2000), United States Department of Agriculture.

 

 5        (q) "Vending company base location" means a vending machine

 

 6  location or other food establishment required to be separately

 

 7  licensed under section 4105(5).

 

 8        (r) "Vending machine" means a self-service device that, upon

 

 9  insertion of a coin, paper currency, token, card, or key, or by

 

10  manual operation, dispenses unit servings of food in bulk or in

 

11  packages without the necessity of replenishing the device between

 

12  each vending operation. Vending machine does not include any of the

 

13  following:

 

14        (i) A device that dispenses only bottled or canned soft

 

15  drinks; other packaged nonperishable foods or beverages; or bulk

 

16  ball gum, nuts, and panned candies.

 

17        (ii) A water-dispensing machine that is registered under

 

18  chapter IV.

 

19        (s) "Vending machine location" means the room, enclosure,

 

20  space, or area in which 1 or more vending machines are installed

 

21  and operated, or a micro market.

 

22        (t) "Wholesale" means selling other than directly to

 

23  consumers.

 

24        (u) "Wild game" means animals from their natural state and not

 

25  cultivated, domesticated, or tamed.

 

26        Sec. 3119. (1) Except Until December 31, 2023, and except as

 

27  otherwise provided for in subsection (2), upon submission of an


 1  application, an applicant for a food service establishment license

 

 2  shall pay to the local health department having jurisdiction the

 

 3  required fees authorized by section 2444 of the public health code,

 

 4  MCL 333.2444, and an additional state license fee as follows:

 

 

 5

     (a) Temporary food service establishment......

$  3.00. 4.00.

 6

     (b) Food service establishment................

$ 22.00.25.00.

 7

     (c) Mobile food establishment commissary......

$ 22.00.25.00.

 8

     (d) Special transitory food unit..............

$ 35.00.39.00.

 

 

 9        (2) When licensing a special transitory food unit, a local

 

10  health department shall impose a fee of $135.00, $150.00, which

 

11  includes the additional state license fee imposed under subsection

 

12  (1) unless exempted under subsection (4) or (5).

 

13        (3) The state license fee required under subsection (1) shall

 

14  must be collected by the local health department at the time the

 

15  license application is submitted. The state license fee is due and

 

16  payable by the local health department to the state within 60 days

 

17  after the fee is collected.

 

18        (4) A charitable, religious, fraternal, service, civic, or

 

19  other nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under

 

20  section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501, is

 

21  exempt from paying additional state license fees imposed under this

 

22  section. This subsection does not restrict the ability of the

 

23  governing board of a local health department or authority to fix,

 

24  revoke, or amend fees as further authorized and described under

 

25  section 2444 of the public health code, MCL 333.2444. An

 

26  organization seeking an exemption under this subsection shall

 

27  furnish to the department or a local health department evidence of


 1  its tax-exempt status.

 

 2        (5) A veteran who has a waiver of a license fee under the

 

 3  circumstances described in 1921 PA 359, MCL 35.441 to 35.443, is

 

 4  exempt from paying the fees prescribed in this section.

 

 5        (6) The department shall adjust on an annual basis the fees

 

 6  prescribed by subsections (1) and (2) by an amount determined by

 

 7  the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative annual percentage

 

 8  change in the Detroit consumer price index but not to exceed 5%. As

 

 9  used in this subsection, "Detroit consumer price index" means the

 

10  most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the

 

11  Detroit area from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United

 

12  States Department of Labor or its successor. The adjustment shall

 

13  be rounded to the nearest dollar to set each year's fee under this

 

14  subsection, but the absolute value shall be carried over and used

 

15  to calculate the next annual adjustment.

 

16        (6) (7) The local health department shall forward the license

 

17  applications to the department with appropriate recommendations.

 

18        Sec. 4103. (1) An applicant shall submit an application for a

 

19  food establishment license at least 30 calendar days before the

 

20  date planned for its opening or the change of ownership. For

 

21  temporary food establishments applying less than 4 days from

 

22  opening, the director may charge twice the applicable license fee

 

23  to perform the licensing evaluation.

 

24        (2) Application for the license under subsection (1) shall

 

25  must be submitted upon the forms approved by the department and

 

26  shall must contain the reasonable information required by the

 

27  department to process the application.


 1        (3) An application for a mobile food establishment license

 

 2  shall must include all of the following information:

 

 3        (a) The location and dates of the operation.

 

 4        (b) The name and address of the commissary that will service

 

 5  the applicant.

 

 6        (4) Within 10 days after a change in the servicing commissary,

 

 7  the mobile food establishment licensee shall submit an affidavit

 

 8  containing the name and address of the new commissary servicing the

 

 9  licensee.

 

10        (5) The local health department shall forward license

 

11  recommendations to the department. Section 3119(7) 3119(6) does not

 

12  apply.

 

13        (6) The director may issue a temporary food establishment

 

14  license. The director, pursuant to uniformly applied department

 

15  guidance, may decline to issue multiple temporary food

 

16  establishment licenses for the same establishment within a given

 

17  calendar year.

 

18        Sec. 7112. (1) 21 CFR parts 1, 70, 73, 74, 81, 82, and 100 to

 

19  199, as set forth on the effective date of the amendatory act that

 

20  added amended this section, are adopted by reference, except to the

 

21  extent that provisions of this act and rules promulgated under this

 

22  act specify different requirements.

 

23        (2) The director, by promulgation of a rule, may adopt any

 

24  changes or updates to 21 CFR parts 1, 70, 73, 74, 81, 82, and 100

 

25  to 199.

 

26        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

27  unless House Bill No. 4812 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into


 1  law.

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