Alabama Administrative Code › Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH › Chapter 420-3-22 - FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SANITATION › Appendix A - Requirements By Menu And Type Of Mobile Unit

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The key to the numbers is on the next page.
FOOD ITEM
PUSHCART
SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE
Pre-packaged PHF*
(For only pre-packaged ice cream, no permit is
							 required)
1 or 2
6
9
1 or 2
6
9
Dispensing raw shrimp or raw fish (not
							 pre-wrapped).
Not allowed on a pushcart.
1 or 2 3 6 7 10
Unpackaged "Category 2" items
1 or 2
3
4 or 5 or 7
6 (for PHF)
9
1 or 2
3
4 or 5 or 7
6 (for PHF)
9
Heating or hot holding a pre-cooked PHF* food
							 (unpackaged), or heating non-PHF*
1 or 2
3
4 or 5 or 7
6 (for PHF)
9
PHF must meet definition of Priority Category 2
							 Food.
1 or 2
3
4 or 5 or 7
6 (for PHF)
8
9
Cooking raw PHF*
Not allowed on a pushcart
1 or 2
3
4
6
8
9
*PHF = Potentially Hazardous Food
THESE ARE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS BASED ON BROAD MENU CATEGORIES.
				A SPECIFIC MENU AND OPERATION MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.
Key to chart on previous page
1- Operate from a commissary meeting all requirements of
				420-3-22-.09. The commissary must
				have, at a minimum, facilities to store food at the required temperatures, a
				toilet facility and,
except when all food is prepackaged,
fill
				potable water tanks, empty wastewater tanks, provide a handwashing sink,
				provide an appropriate warewashing sink and all required items of the Food
				Sanitation Rules.
If food preparation activities on the mobile unit generate
				grease or grease-laden vapors, the commissary must have a grease trap in
				accordance with local requirements.
2- Operate from a permitted food service establishment (which
				may be a separately - owned business under the restrictions of
				420-3-22-.09) with facilities to
				store food at the required temperatures, a toilet facility and,
except
				when all food is prepackaged,
fill potable water tanks, empty
				wastewater tanks, provide a handwashing sink, provide an appropriate
				warewashing sink and all required items of the Food Sanitation Rules. If food
				preparation activities on the mobile unit generate grease or grease-laden
				vapors, the commissary must have a grease trap in accordance with local
				requirements.
3- Handwashing facility on-board the mobile unit; potable
				(drinking) water tank securely affixed on-board; waste water holding tank
				securely affixed on-board, 15% larger than the potable water tank; warm water
				(100°F) provided at all times in adequate amounts.
4- Three-compartment sink on-board with chemical test papers
				available and used.
5- Two-compartment sink on-board with chemical test papers
				provided and used.
6- Refrigeration/cold holding facilities on-board and/or
				facilities for hot holding food on-board, thermometers provided and
				used.
7- Four sets of food handling utensils, properly sanitized and
				prewrapped, on-board.
(CHECK WITH THE LOCAL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHERE OPERATION
				IS PROPOSED TO VERIFY IF THIS OPTION IS ALLOWED).
8- Cooking facilities on-board, to include thermometers, water
				under pumped pressure to all sinks, sufficient ventilation to remove vapors and
				smoke from the cooking area, screens or effective forced air barriers, self
				closing doors, shielded lights, and smooth, non-absorbent, easily cleanable
				floors, walls, and ceilings.
9- Transport entire mobile unit to commissary daily.
10 - (For vehicles used for dispensing only raw fish or shrimp)
				Maintain product in direct contact with ice with meltwater contained until
				delivery is completed. Meltwater shall be disposed in a sanitary manner at the
				commissary or in accordance with law. Insulated containers and all necessary
				articles used for dispensing must be in an enclosed part of the vehicle, such
				as in a covered bed of a pick-up or inside a van. The commissary must have the
				capability to wash, rinse, and sanitize all food contact surfaces, and for
				cleaning the vehicle.
Appendices A, C, and D is repealed and Appendix B was renamed
				  Appendix A as per certification filed March 21,
				  2008.
Authors:
Ronald Dawsey, Billy W. Johnson, Mark
				  Sestak
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										22-2-2(6),
				  22-20-5.