Alabama Administrative Code › Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH › Chapter 420-3-20 - FOOD PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENT SANITATION › Section 420-3-20-.15 - Inspections

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Inspection
			 Frequency. Food processing establishments shall be inspected at least four
			 times each year with a maximum lapse of 120 days between inspections.
			 Establishments with less than a satisfactory compliance level on the last
			 inspection shall be inspected again within 30 days. Legal notices
			 (ADPH-F-Insp.-17/7-S2) shall be issued when critical items such as: food source
			 and condition; potentially hazardous food temperatures; facilities to maintain
			 product temperature; infected persons; good hygienic practices; sanitization;
			 water supply; sewage; cross connections, back-siphonage and back-flow; toilet
			 and handwashing facilities; vermin control; and toxic items are violated.
			 Necessary reinspections shall be made in accordance with Rule
			 420-3-20-.15(4).
			 Additional inspections of food processing establishments shall be performed as
			 often as necessary for the enforcement of these rules.
(2) Access. The Health Officer, after proper
			 identification, shall be permitted to enter any food processing establishment
			 at any reasonable time for the purpose of making inspections to determine
			 compliance with these rules. The Health Officer shall be permitted to examine
			 the records of the establishment to obtain information pertaining to food and
			 supplies purchased, received, or used, or to persons employed.
(3) Report of Inspections. Whenever an
			 inspection of a food processing establishment is made, the findings shall be
			 recorded on the inspection report form prescribed by the State Health Officer
			 as shown in Appendix C of these rules, or a similarly designed form as approved
			 by the State Health Officer. Inspectional remarks shall be written to
			 reference, by rule number, the rule violated and shall state the corrections to
			 be made. The original of the inspection report form shall be conspicuously
			 displayed for public view within the establishment. A copy of the inspection
			 report shall be filed with the records of the County Health Department. The
			 completed inspection report form is a public document that shall be made
			 available for public disclosure to any person who requests it according to
			 law.
(4) Correction of Violations.
(a) The complete inspection report form shall
			 specify a reasonable period of time for the correction of the violations found;
			 and correction of the violations shall be accomplished within the period
			 specified, in accordance with the following provisions:
1. If an imminent health hazard exists, such
			 as complete lack of refrigeration or sewage backup into the establishment, the
			 establishment shall immediately cease food processing operations. Operations
			 shall not be resumed until authorized by the Health Officer.
2. All violations of critical items shall be
			 corrected as ordered by legal notice (ADPH-F-Insp.-17/7-82).
3. All other items shall be corrected as soon
			 as possible, but in any event, by the time of the next routine
			 inspection.
4. When the sanitation
			 level of the establishment is substantially less than satisfactory, the
			 establishment shall initiate corrective action on all identified violations
			 within forty-eight hours. One or more reinspections will be conducted at
			 reasonable time intervals to assure correction.