D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 25. FOOD OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE FACILITIES |
SubTilte 25-B. FOOD PROCESSING OPERATIONS CODE |
Chapter 25-B1. TITLE, INTENT, SCOPE |
Section 25-B101. INTENT - FOOD SAFETY, SANITATION
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101.1The purpose of this Code is to provide food safety and sanitation requirements for food processing operations. These requirements will safeguard public health by:
(a)Ensuring that food products are safe and unadulterated as defined in section 402(a)(3) and (4) of the Federal Food Act and section 3 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of food and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 248; D.C. Official Code § 48-103);
(b)Protecting the consuming public from products that have been produced under unsanitary conditions; and
(c)Ensuring that shellfish is processed in a safe and sanitary manner
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Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5245 (July 3, 2009).