Section 24-555. OPERATIONAL STANDARDS: FOOD PREPARATION AND HANDLING

 

555.1All preparation, handling, transportation, and storage of food vended under this chapter shall be in compliance with:

 

(a)An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of  Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246; D.C. Official Code  §§ 48-101 et seq. (2009 Repl. & 2011 Supp.));

 

(b)Subtitle A (Food and Food Operations) of Title 25 (Food Operations and  Community Hygiene) of the DCMR;

 

(c)Any other applicable law or regulation related to the preparation, handling,  transportation, or storage of food;

 

(d)Requirements of, and conditions imposed by, the health inspection  certificate, including any plans or standards approved or imposed as part  of the issuance of the health inspection certificate; and

 

(e)Any applicable standards established by DOH.

 

555.2No food vending equipment shall be used for purposes other than those authorized by the DOH Director.

 

555.3No food may be vended from a vending vehicle, cart, or stand unless there is a person in charge on site at the time of the preparation, handling, and sale of the food who holds a valid:

 

(a)Food Protection Manager Certificate issued by the Conference of Food  Protection Standards for Accreditation of Food Protection Manager  Certification Programs in accordance with § 203 of Subtitle A (Food and  Food Operations) of Title 25 of the DCMR; and

 

(b)DOH-issued a Certified Food Protection Manager Identification Card in  accordance with § 203 of Subtitle A (Food and Food Operations) of Title  25 of the DCMR;

 

authority

Sections 5 and 18 of Mayor-Commissioner Regulation No. 74-39, effective December 13, 1974 (21 DCR 1285), as amended by the Vendors Regulation Amendments Act of 1978, effective June 30, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-82; 24 DCR 9293), Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1986, effective August 21, 1986, the Vending Regulation Act of 2009, effective October 22, 2009 (D.C. Law 18-71; 56 DCR 6619), and Mayor’s Order 2010-91, dated May 27, 2010; Sections 101(b), 2002(b), and 2 of the Omnibus Regulatory Reform Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 29, 1998 (D.C. Law 12-86; D.C. Official Code §§ 47-2851.04(c)(1), 47-2851.05(d), and 47-2851.12 (2005 Repl. & 2012 Supp.)); Sections 104 and 105 of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, effective October 5, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-42; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-1801.04 and 2-1801.05 (2007 Repl. & 2012 Supp.)); and Mayor’s Order 86-38, dated March 4, 1986.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 13055 (September 20, 2013).