California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

• Section 113700.
  These provisions shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Retail Food Code, hereafter referred to as “this part.”(Repealed and added by Stats....
• Section 113703.
  The purpose of this part is to safeguard public health and provide to consumers food that is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented through adoption of...
• Section 113705.
  The Legislature finds and declares that the public health interest requires that there be uniform statewide health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities to...
• Section 113707.
  The department shall adopt regulations to implement and administer this part.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1,...
• Section 113709.
  This part does not prohibit a local governing body from adopting an evaluation or grading system for food facilities, from prohibiting any type of food...
• Section 113711.
  In all laws and regulations, references to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 113700) or the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, shall mean this part...
• Section 113713.
  (a) Primary responsibility for enforcement of this part shall be with the local enforcement agency. Nothing in this part shall prevent the department from taking any...
• Section 113715.
  Any construction, alteration, remodeling, or operation of a food facility shall be approved by the enforcement agency and shall be in accordance with all applicable...
• Section 113717.
  (a) Any person requesting the department to undertake any activity pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 113871, Section 114417, paragraph (2) of subdivision...
• Section 113718.
  Notwithstanding Section 16350 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the Retail Food Safety and Defense Fund shall be transferred to the Food Safety...
• Section 113719.
  Structural and sanitation requirements shall be based on the food service activity to be conducted, the type of food that is to be prepared or...
• Section 113725.
  (a) The enforcement agency shall utilize a standardized food facility inspection format for food facility inspections that includes all of the following:(1) The name and address of...
• Section 113725.1.
  A copy of the most recent routine inspection report conducted to assess compliance with this part shall be maintained at the food facility and made...
• Section 113725.2.
  Local enforcement agencies, and the department when adequate funding is made available to the department, shall conduct routine training on food facility inspection standardization to...
• Section 113725.3.
  (a) The department shall publish standardized procedures for enforcement agencies to report food facility inspection information regarding each food facility. The report shall include all of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018