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15A NCAC 18A.2650 (General - Adoption by Reference): the FDA Food Code incorporated by reference as the sanitation rule for food establishments

Rules Governing the Food Protection and Sanitation of Food Establishments: adoption of the FDA Food Code by reference

North Carolina Commission for Public Health · North Carolina (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
G.S. 130A-248; S.L. 2019-129
Issued
2012-09-01 Sept. 1, 2012
Effective
standing throughout 2020-2021 (2012 text) (read as 2012-09-01)
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing since Sept. 1, 2012 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition
Addressees
  • specified businesses: permitted food establishments (restaurants, food stands, mobile food units, pushcarts and related operations under 15A NCAC 18A.2600)
Character
sanitary code duty
Collection
Standing duties: North Carolina DUT-NC

Operative words

The 2017 Food Code and the accompanying 2017 Food Code Supplement, not including subsequent amendments and editions, established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (hereinafter referred to as the "Food Code") are hereby incorporated by reference.

Penalty

Permit suspension or revocation and grade reduction under G.S. 130A-23 and 130A-248; misdemeanor under G.S. 130A-25(a)

What it required

Every permitted food establishment must operate in compliance with the FDA Food Code as North Carolina's sanitation rule, including its employee-health provisions on reporting, exclusion and restriction of ill food employees and its hygiene, cleaning and sanitizing requirements, as a condition of the permit required by G.S. 130A-248(b) (Ex. DUT-NC-011).

Retrieval note

The exhibit is the text readopted effective Oct. 1, 2021 (2017 Food Code); the rule in force from Sept. 1, 2012 through the six quarters incorporated an earlier Food Code edition by the same mechanism, and that earlier text was not separately retrieved. Cite the rule for the mechanism of incorporation and the permit condition, not for the edition.