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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 25. FOOD OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE FACILITIES |
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SubTilte 25-A. FOOD AND FOOD OPERATIONS |
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Chapter 25-A1. TITLE, INTENT, AND SCOPE |
Section 25-A102. SCOPE - STATEMENT
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102.1 This Code establishes definitions; sets standards for management and personnel, food operations, and equipment and facilities; provides for food establishment plan review, license issuance, inspections, and the exclusion or restriction of food employees and conditional employees; sets requirements for bed & breakfast kitchens, caterers and catered facilities; and provides for enforcement through licensing, license suspension and revocation, embargo and condemnation of foods and equipment, and fines and penalties.
102.2Certain provisions of this Code are identified as priority items, priority foundation items, or core items are as follows:
(a)Priority items are provisions whose application contributes directly to the elimination, prevention, or reduction to an acceptable level of hazards associated with foodborne illness or injury, when there is no other provision that more directly controls the hazard. A priority item is denoted with a superscripted letter “P” (P);
(b)Priority foundation items are provisions whose application supports facilities or enables one (1) or more priority items. A priority foundation item is denoted with superscripted letters “Pf” (Pf); and
(c)Core items are provisions that are not designated as a priority item or a priority foundation item and that usually relate to general sanitation, operational controls, sanitation standards operating procedures (SSOPs), facilities or structures, equipment design, or general maintenance.
102.3The provisions of Chapters 1 through 49 are supplemental to other rules that apply to specific food operations, and supplement other applicable District rules.