California Code of Regulations › Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections › Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole › Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs › Article 4 - Food Services › Section 3052 - Health and Safety Standards

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Standards
				  for sanitation shall meet the requirements set forth in Health and Safety Code
				  (H&SC) Sections
				  113945 through
				  114259.4 (California Retail Food Code
				  (CFC)).
(b) An inspection of the food
				  service area of each institution/camp shall be conducted at least once a year by the
				  Department Food Administrator, Central Office, and/or a Department of Health
				  Services' Environmental Health Specialist.
(c) The institution head or their designee shall
				  conduct sanitation inspections of the institution/camp kitchens at least once a
				  month to ensure compliance with the standards set forth in this section.
(d) Cooks and culinary officers shall conduct
				  daily sanitation inspections of all workers who handle food to ensure cleanliness,
				  proper attire, and the absence of open sores or any condition that may contaminate
				  food.
(e) No person shall be assigned to
				  handle food until instructed on the standards for sanitation as set forth in CFC,
				  and on all requirements of this section.
(f) Food handlers shall keep their hands and
				  fingernails clean, wear nets or caps entirely covering their hair and/or facial
				  hair, wear clean garments, and conform to and comply with CFC. A hand washing
				  requirement sign shall be posted in each restroom used by on-duty food service
				  workers.
(g) No inmate shall be assigned
				  to the food service area until medically cleared to handle food.
(h) An inmate food handler with any condition
				  which may contaminate food shall be referred to the medical department for
				  examination and shall not return to work in the food service area until medically
				  cleared.
1. Amendment of
					 section filed 12-18-91 as an emergency; operative 12-18-91 (Register 92, No. 4). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 4-16-92 or emergency language
					 will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate
					 of Compliance as to 12-18-91 order transmitted to OAL 4-15-92 and filed 5-26-92
					 (Register 92, No. 22).
3. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE
					 filed 9-12-95; operative 10-12-95 (Register 95, No. 37).
4. Amendment of
					 subsections (a)-(c) and (e)-(f) and NOTE filed 4-24-2006; operative 4-24-2006
					 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2006, No. 17).
5. Change without regulatory effect amending
					 subsections (a), (e) and (f) and amending NOTE filed 12-18-2007 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2007, No. 51).
6. Amendment of subsection (f) filed
					 12-22-2011; operative 1-21-2012 (Register 2011, No. 51).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						5058, Penal Code.
						Reference: Section
						5054, Penal Code;
						and Sections
						113945
						through
						114259.4,
						Health and Safety Code.
The amended version of this section by
					 Register
					 2024, No. 28, effective 7/1/2024 is not yet
					 available.