{"id":"DUT-AK-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alaska","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, Food Safety and Sanitation Program","authority":"18 AAC 31 (Alaska Food Code) and COVID-19 Health Mandate 003 (Ex. AK-005), both recited","instrument":"Web guidance, \u0027Preventing the Spread of COVID-19: Guidance for Food Establishments\u0027 (Food Worker and Establishment Guidance on COVID-19)","title":"Preventing the Spread of COVID-19: Guidance for Food Establishments","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03 (guidance)","end":"guidance; superseded in substance by Mandate 016 Attachment F (Apr. 24, 2020) and the May 22, 2020 advisory documents","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-04-24","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","CAP","EMP","COND"],"addressees":["specified businesses: food establishments (restaurants, counter service, labor camps, seafood galleys, institutions)"],"clause":"it is important to follow current food safety standards and the Health Mandate (PDF) issued by the Governor on March 17, 2020... Remove seating. Currently under the Health Mandate (PDF) this is not allowed... The Health Mandate (PDF) requires that no more than five members of the public at one time are allowed for picking up their food or beverage orders.","enforcement":"None in the guidance; the mandate it invokes carried the cease-operations order and AS 11.41.250 recital, and the Food Code carries 18 AAC 31.905","functions":[],"notes":"Recorded exactly: the DEC page is guidance (\u0027Prevention Recommendations\u0027; \u0027should\u0027; \u0027encouraged\u0027; \u0027Ensure\u0027), and its mandatory sentences attribute the command to two instruments that carried it, Health Mandate 003 (\u0027this is not allowed\u0027; \u0027requires that no more than five members of the public\u0027) and the Food Code (\u0027the current food safety rule requires workers wash their hands whenever they touch their eyes, nose, or mouth\u0027; \u0027Alaska requires that food workers use a barrier such as tongs, gloves, or another utensil\u0027); it told operators that \u0027Employee health policies should prohibit food workers from working in food establishments while sick\u0027 and that symptomatic workers \u0027should not return to work until they are symptom-free\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://dec.alaska.gov/eh/fss/food/food-worker-and-establishment-guidance-on-covid-19/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200330063508/https://dec.alaska.gov/eh/fss/food/food-worker-and-establishment-guidance-on-covid-19/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":338028,"grade":"primary","character":"recommendation_only","description":"","collection":"DUT-AK","url":"/library/DUT-AK-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AK-013","citation":"Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, Food Safety and Sanitation Program, Web guidance, \u0027Preventing the Spread of COVID-19: Guidance for Food Establishments\u0027 (Food Worker and Establishment Guidance on COVID-19) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AK-013)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["AK-005","DUT-AK-011","DUT-AK-012"]}