Section 25-A700. SOURCES - COMPLIANCE WITH FOOD LAWS

 

700.1Food shall be obtained from sources that comply with federal and state laws and 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.)). P

 

700.2Food prepared or stored in a private home shall not be used or offered for human consumption in a food establishment, except as provided in Chapter 38 – Residential Kitchens in Bed and Breakfast Operations. P

 

700.3Packaged food shall be labeled as specified in law, including 21 C.F.R. § 101 − Food Labeling, 9 C.F.R. § 317 − Labeling, Marking Devices, and Containers, and 9 C.F.R. § 381.117, Subpart N − Labeling and Containers, and as specified in §§ 713 and 714. Pf 

 

700.4Fish, other than those specified in § 903.2 that are intended for consumption in their raw or undercooked form and allowed as specified in § 900.3 may be offered for sale or service if they are obtained from a supplier that freezes the fish as specified in § 903, or frozen on the premises as specified in § 903 and records are retained as specified in § 904. 

 

700.5 Whole-muscle, intact beefsteaks that are intended for consumption in an undercooked form without a consumer advisory as specified in § 900.4 shall be:

 

(a)Obtained from a food processing plant that, upon request by the purchaser,  packages the steaks and labels them to indicate that the steaks meet the  definition of whole-muscle, intact beef; Pf or

 

(b)Deemed acceptable by the Department based on other evidence, such as  written buyer specifications or invoices, that indicates the steaks meet the  definition of “whole-muscle, intact beef,” Pf and   

 

(c)If individually cut in a food establishment:

(1)Cut from whole-muscle intact beef that is labeled by a food  processing plant as specified in § 700.5(a) or identified as specified  in § 700.5(b); Pf 

 

(2)Prepared so they remain intact; Pf and    

 

(3)If packaged for undercooking in a food establishment, labeled as  specified in § 700.5(a) or identified as specified in § 700.5(b). Pf 

 

700.6 Meat and poultry that is not a ready-to-eat food and is in a packaged form when it is offered for sale or otherwise offered for consumption shall be labeled to include safe handling instructions as specified in law, including 9 C.F.R. § 317.2(l) Labels; definition; required features, and 9 C.F.R. § 381.125(b) Special handling label requirements.

 

700.7 Eggs that have not been specifically treated to destroy all viable Salmonellae shall be labeled to include safe handling instructions as specified in law, including 21 C.F.R. § 101.17(h).

 

700.8 A licensee or person-in-charge shall be responsible for providing evidence indicating that he/she has reason to believe that food items in the food establishment comply with the requirements of this Code and shall, when requested by the Department, furnish the name and business address of the supplier or suppliers from whom any particular food item was purchased.

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of 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 §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002 and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6223-24 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).