3 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 57 - Food Protection
Subchapter A. Retail Food Facility Safety
- Section 5701 - Short Title Of Chapter
§ 5701. Short title of subchapter. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Retail Food Facility Safety Act.
- Section 5702 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
- Section 5703 - License Required
(a) Unlawful conduct.--Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall be unlawful for any proprietor to conduct or operate a retail food facility without...
- Section 5704 - Inspection, Sampling And Analysis
(a) Inspection.--For purposes of enforcement of this subchapter, a licensor is authorized, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the person in charge: (1) To enter...
- Section 5705 - (Reserved)
- Section 5706 - (Reserved)
- Section 5707 - Powers Of Department
(a) Rules and regulations.--The department shall make such reasonable rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the provisions and intent...
- Section 5708 - Infectious Persons
No proprietor shall allow any food employee to be in a retail food facility if that person has an infectious or communicable disease, as...
- Section 5709 - Linens, Equipment And Utensils
No proprietor shall utilize any linens, equipment or utensils unless the linens, equipment or utensils have been thoroughly cleansed and sanitized in the manner...
- Section 5710 - Retail Food Facility And Employee Cleanliness
All retail food facilities, kitchens, dining rooms and all places where foods are prepared, kept or stored shall be kept in a clean and...
- Section 5711 - Toilets, Sinks And Drains
All toilets, hand-wash sinks, tubs, sinks and drains used in or in connection with any retail food facility shall at all times be kept...
- Section 5712 - Applicability
This subchapter shall not apply to food that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The food is not potentially hazardous food. (2) The...
- Section 5713 - School Cafeterias And Organized Camps
Officials of schools and organized camps shall cooperate with the department in the conduct of cafeteria health and safety inspections and shall participate in...
- Section 5714 - Penalties
(a) Retail food facilities under jurisdiction of department.--For retail food facilities under the jurisdiction of the department, penalties are as follows: (1) A person...
Subchapter B. Food Safety
- Section 5721 - Short Title Of Subchapter
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Food Safety Act.
- Section 5722 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
- Section 5723 - Prohibited Acts
The following acts are prohibited: (1) Manufacture, sale, delivery, consignment, bailment, holding or offering for sale of any food that is adulterated or misbranded,...
- Section 5724 - Temporary Or Permanent Injunctions
In addition to any other remedies provided in this subchapter, the secretary may apply to the Commonwealth Court or to any other court having...
- Section 5725 - Penalties
(a) Criminal penalties.--A person who violates any provision of this subchapter or any rule, regulation, standard or order made under this subchapter commits a...
- Section 5726 - Detention And Condemnation
(a) Marking detained food.--Whenever the secretary has probable cause to believe that food is adulterated or misbranded, the secretary shall affix to the container...
- Section 5727 - Temporary Permits
Temporary permits granted by Federal agencies for interstate shipment of experimental packs of food varying from the requirements of definitions and standards of identity...
- Section 5728 - Adulteration Of Food
A food shall be deemed adulterated: (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health....
- Section 5729 - Misbranding Of Food
(a) General rule.--A food shall be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any way. (2) If it is offered for...
- Section 5730 - Regulations To Exempt Certain Labeling Requirements
The department shall promulgate regulations exempting from any labeling requirement food which is, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed,...
- Section 5731 - Poisonous Or Deleterious Substances And Tolerances
(a) Additions to food.--A poisonous or deleterious substance added to a food, except where the substance is required in its production and cannot be...
- Section 5732 - Inspection, Sampling And Analysis
(a) Inspection.--For purposes of enforcement of this subchapter, the secretary is authorized, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator or agent in charge:...
- Section 5733 - Rules And Regulations
(a) Nature of rules.--The secretary shall be charged with the enforcement of this subchapter and shall promulgate rules, regulations and food standards necessary for...
- Section 5734 - Registration Of Food Establishments
(a) General rule.--Subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the secretary, it shall be the duty of every person operating a food establishment...
- Section 5735 - Product Registration
The secretary may promulgate regulations allowing food establishments to label their food products as having been registered by the department. "Reg. Penna. Dept. Agr."...
- Section 5736 - Construction Of Subchapter
(a) General rule.--The provisions of this subchapter and the regulations promulgated under this subchapter shall be construed in a manner that is consistent with...
- Section 5737 - Acts Not Affected
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to abrogate or supersede any provision or regulation adopted under: (1) The act of July 2, 1935...
Last modified: October 8, 2016