The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Michigan
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Food Law, MCL 289.1101-289.8111; enforcement delegated to local health departments under Chapter III (MCL 289.3103-289.3139)
- Issued
- 2000-11-08 Nov. 8, 2000
- Effective
- 2000-11-08
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Nov. 8, 2000 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- specified businesses: food establishments licensed under the Food Law (food service establishments, retail food establishments, food processors)
- Character
- sanitary code duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Michigan DUT-MI
Operative words
Based upon facts submitted by a person familiar with those facts or upon information and belief alleging that an imminent threat to the public health, safety, or welfare exists, the director may summarily suspend a license, registration, or certificate issued under this act.
Penalty
License suspension or revocation; summary suspension; MCL 289.5107 misdemeanor (Ex. DUT-MI-018)
What it required
Made continued operation of every licensed food establishment (restaurants, bars serving food, retail groceries, food processors) conditional on compliance with the Food Law and its rules, with suspension or revocation after hearing (subsection (2)), summary suspension without prior hearing on an alleged imminent threat to public health (subsection (4)), and the licensee's duty to 'discontinue the sale and offering for sale' upon suspension (subsection (2)); the MDHHS orders addressed 'food service establishments, as defined in section 1107(t) of the Michigan Food Law' by name (Ex. MI-050 sec. 4).
Retrieval noteMCL 289.6101(1) (read on the official site; not saved) incorporates chapters 1 through 8 of the FDA Food Code by reference as the sanitation standard of every food establishment, including its employee-health provisions.