DATE:
November 8, 2023 and December 6, 2023
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TO:
Board of Supervisors
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ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM:
SECOND CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES:
LOCAL MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATION PROGRAM UPDATE AND OPTIONS FOR CONTINUED AUTHORIZATION IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, COTTAGE FOOD OPERATION PROGRAM OPTIONS, AND RELATED CEQA EXEMPTION (11/8/2023 - Introduction and First Reading; 12/6/2023 - Second Reading) (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On November 8, 2023 (06), the Board of Supervisors took action to further consider and adopt the Ordinances on December 6, 2023.
The California Retail Food Code (State law) establishes uniform health and sanitation standards at the State level for the regulation of retail food operations (food facilities) to prevent foodborne illness. State law defines a food facility as an operation that stores, prepares, serves, sells, or otherwise provides food for human consumption at the retail level, and includes restaurants, mobile food trucks, grocery stores, delis, food carts, schools, and Cottage Food Operations. The Department of Environmental Health and Quality (DEHQ) is the local enforcement agency of State law for all 18 incorporated cities (local jurisdictions), as well as the unincorporated communities in the region. DEHQ implements a regulatory Food Program conducting inspections at more than 15,000 food facilities annually, focusing on compliance with State law and reviewing food handling practices to protect public health and prevent the incidence of foodborne illness.
Prior to 2012, California required that food sold to consumers must be produced at inspected commercial kitchens. In 2013, the California Homemade Food Act allowed certain low-risk food products not requiring refrigeration, such as bread, pie, fruit jam, and dried food, to be made in private home kitchens and sold as a fully packaged and labeled product to consumers. This operation, commonly known as Cottage Food Operation (CFO), provides an...
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