Source: https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tloc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_tac=&ti=25&pt=1&ch=228&rl=221
Timestamp: 2019-05-19 15:56:46
Document Index: 417001807

Matched Legal Cases: ['§228', '§228', '§228', '§228', '§228', '§228', '§228', '§228', '§228']

SUBCHAPTER H REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS
RULE §228.221 Mobile Food Units
(a) Mobile Food Unit provisions.
(1) General. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the regulatory authority may impose additional requirements to protect against health hazards related to the conduct of the food establishment as a mobile operation, may prohibit the sale of some or all time/temperature control for safety (TCS) food, and when no health hazard will result, may waive or modify requirements of this rule relating to physical facilities, except those requirements as specified in paragraphs (7) and (8) of this subsection; subsection (c)(1)(A) - (E) of this section and §§228.71 - 228.75 of this title. The regulatory authority shall require a Mobile Food Unit operator to demonstrate that the vehicle is readily moveable.
(2) Restricted operation. Mobile Food Units that serve only food that is prepared, packaged in individual servings, transported and stored under conditions meeting the requirements of this chapter, or beverages that are non-time/temperature control for safety (NTCS) food and are dispensed from covered urns or other protected equipment, need not comply with the requirements of this chapter relating to the necessity of water and sewage systems nor to those requirements relating to the cleaning and sanitization of equipment and utensils if the required equipment for cleaning and sanitization exists at its central preparation facility.
(3) Readily movable. The regulatory authority prohibits alteration, removal, attachments, additions, placement or change in, under, or upon the Mobile Food Unit that would prevent or otherwise reduce ready mobility. A regulatory authority may require a Mobile Food Unit to come, on an annual basis or as often as required, to a location designated by the regulatory authority as proof that the Mobile Food Unit is readily moveable.Pf
(A) Certified Food Manager Certification.Pf
(B) Central Preparation Facility Authorization (if required). A signed letter of authorization is required, to verify facility use, if the Central Preparation Facility is not owned by the mobile unit operator.
(C) Central Preparation Facility Inspection Report. A copy of the most current health inspection of the central preparation facility must be maintained on the mobile unit at all times.
(D) Servicing Area Authorization. A signed letter of authorization may be required by the regulatory authority to verify service area use, if the servicing area is not owned by the mobile unit operator.
(E) Menu of all food items to be sold.
(5) Single-service articles. Mobile Food Units shall provide only single service articles for use by the consumer.
(6) Equipment, numbers and capacities.
(A) Cooling, heating, and holding capacities. Equipment for cooling and heating food, and holding cold and hot food, shall be sufficient in number and capacity to provide food temperatures as specified under Subchapter C of this chapter.Pf
(B) Manual warewashing, sink compartment requirements.Pf
(i) A sink with at least three compartments shall be provided for manually washing, rinsing, and sanitizing equipment and utensils as specified in §228.107(b)(1) of this title.Pf
(ii) Sink compartments shall be large enough to accommodate immersion of the largest equipment and utensils as specified in §228.107(b)(2) of this title.Pf
(C) At least one handwashing sink shall be available for convenient use by employees and properly provisioned in accordance with §228.175(b) - (c) of this title.Pf
(7) Mobile water system materials, design, and operation. Mobile Food Unit water systems shall meet the requirements of §228.149(f) of this title.
(8) Mobile Food Unit tank inlet. A Mobile Food Unit's water tank inlet shall be:
(A) 19.1 mm (3/4 inch) in inner diameter or less; and
(B) Provided with a hose connection of a size or type that will prevent its use for any other service.
(C) Fill hose and water holding tank shall be labeled as "Potable Water."
(9) Sewage and other liquid waste.
(A) Waste retention. If liquid waste results from operation of a Mobile Food Unit, the waste shall be stored in a permanently installed retention tank.
(B) Capacity and drainage. A leak-proof sewage holding tank in a Mobile Food Unit shall be:
(i) sized at least 15% larger in capacity than the water supply tank; and
(ii) sloped to a drain that is 25 millimeters (1 inch) in inner diameter or greater, equipped with a shut-off valve.
(C) All connections on the vehicle for servicing the Mobile Food Unit waste disposal facilities shall be of a different size or type than those used for supplying potable water to the Mobile Food Unit.
(D) Discharge liquid waste shall not be discharged from the retention tank while the Mobile Food Unit is in motion.P
(E) Flushing a waste retention tank. A tank for liquid waste retention shall be thoroughly flushed and drained in a sanitary manner.P
(F) Removing Mobile Food Unit wastes. Sewage and other liquid wastes shall be removed from a Mobile Food Unit at an approved waste servicing area or by a sewage transport vehicle in such a way that a public health hazard or nuisance is not created.P
(G) Liquid waste holding tank shall be labeled as "waste water"
(10) Mobile Food Unit water and wastewater exemption.
(A) A roadside vendor that sells only prepackaged food is exempt from the requirements of this chapter relating to water and wastewater.
(B) A Mobile Food Unit that prepares food requiring no water for operations and no hand contact with food is exempt from the requirements of this chapter relating to water and wastewater if the required cleaning and sanitization equipment exist at its central preparation facility. Chemically treated towelettes for handwashing may be used as specified in §228.147(a)(3) of this title.P
(11) Toilet rooms, convenience and accessibility. Toilet rooms shall be conveniently located and accessible to employees during all hours of operation.
(2) Construction. The central preparation facility or other fixed food service establishment, used as a base of operation for Mobile Food Units, shall be constructed and operated in compliance with the requirements of Subchapter F of this chapter.
(c) Servicing area and operations.
(B) Within the servicing area, the location provided for the flushing and drainage of liquid wastes shall be separate from the location provided for potable water servicing and for the loading and unloading of food and related supplies.P
(E) Potable water servicing equipment shall be installed in the servicing area according to the Plumbing Code and shall be stored and handled in a way that protects the water and equipment from contamination.P
(2) Construction exemption. The construction of the walls and ceilings of the servicing area is exempted from the provisions of §228.173(a) of this title.
Source Note: The provisions of this §228.221 adopted to be effective October 11, 2015, 40 TexReg 6901