California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - Food Processing Establishments

  • Section 111950.
    “Food,” as used in this chapter, includes all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment, whether simple or compound, and all substances and ingredients...
  • Section 111955.
    “Food processing establishment,” as used in this chapter, shall mean any room, building, or place or portion thereof, maintained, used, or operated for the purpose...
  • Section 111960.
    Every food processing establishment shall be properly lighted, drained, plumbed, and ventilated; and shall be conducted with strict regard to the influence of lighting, drainage,...
  • Section 111965.
    The floors, side walls, ceiling, furniture, receptacles, utensils, implements, and machinery of every food processing establishment shall at no time be kept in an unclean,...
  • Section 111970.
    No live animal or fowl shall be kept or allowed in any establishment where food is prepared, manufactured, kept, stored, offered for sale or sold...
  • Section 111975.
    The side walls and ceilings of every bakery, confectionery, hotel, or restaurant kitchen shall be well plastered or ceiled with metal or lumber, or shall...
  • Section 111980.
    All interior woodwork of every bakery, confectionery, hotel, or restaurant kitchen shall be kept well oiled or painted with oil paint, and shall be kept...
  • Section 111985.
    Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the preparation, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of food shall have an impermeable floor,...
  • Section 111990.
    Where practicable, the doors, windows, and other openings of every food producing or distributing establishment shall be fitted with stationary or self-closing screen doors and...
  • Section 111995.
    Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the production, preparation, manufacture, packing, canning, sale, or distribution of food shall have convenient toilet...
  • Section 112000.
    The floors of toilet-rooms shall be made of cement, or of tile laid in cement, wood, brick, or other nonabsorbent material, and shall be washed...
  • Section 112005.
    The toilets shall be furnished with separate ventilating pipes or flues discharging either into soil pipes or on the outside of the building in which...
  • Section 112010.
    Lavatories and washrooms shall be adjacent to toilet-rooms and shall be supplied with soap, running water, and towels, and shall be maintained in a clean...
  • Section 112015.
    Employees and others who handle the material from which food is prepared or the finished product shall before beginning work and immediately after visiting a...
  • Section 112020.
    No employee or other person shall sit or lie upon any table, bench, trough, shelf, or other equipment that is intended for use in connection...
  • Section 112025.
    No employee or other person shall expectorate or discharge any substance from his or her nose or mouth on the floor or interior side wall...
  • Section 112030.
    No person shall, nor shall any person be allowed to, reside or sleep in any room of a bake-shop, public dining room, hotel or restaurant...
  • Section 112035.
    No employer shall require or permit any person to work, in a food processing establishment or vehicle used for the production, preparation, manufacture, sale, or...
  • Section 112040.
    (a)  Prior to January 1, 2001, the department, its inspectors and agents, and all local health officers and inspectors may at all times enter any...
  • Section 112045.
    If upon inspection any building, room, basement, cellar, or other place, or any vehicle, employer, employee, or other person is found to be in violation...
  • Section 112050.
    Every building, room, basement, cellar, or other place or thing kept, maintained, or operated in violation of this article, and all food produced, prepared, manufactured,...
  • Section 112055.
    The sections contained in this article are to be known as the California Food Sanitation Act.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January...

Last modified: October 22, 2018