Alabama Administrative Code
Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Chapter 420-3-22 - FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SANITATION
Appendix A - Requirements By Menu And Type Of Mobile Unit
The key to the numbers is on the next page.
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FOOD ITEM |
PUSHCART |
SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE |
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Pre-packaged PHF* (For only pre-packaged ice cream, no permit is required) |
1 or 2 6 9 |
1 or 2 6 9 |
|
Dispensing raw shrimp or raw fish (not pre-wrapped). |
Not allowed on a pushcart. |
1 or 2 3 6 7 10 |
|
Unpackaged "Category 2" items |
1 or 2 3 4 or 5 or 7 6 (for PHF) 9 |
1 or 2 3 4 or 5 or 7 6 (for PHF) 9 |
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Heating or hot holding a pre-cooked PHF* food (unpackaged), or heating non-PHF* |
1 or 2 3 4 or 5 or 7 6 (for PHF) 9 PHF must meet definition of Priority Category 2 Food. |
1 or 2 3 4 or 5 or 7 6 (for PHF) 8 9 |
|
Cooking raw PHF* |
Not allowed on a pushcart |
1 or 2 3 4 6 8 9 |
*PHF = Potentially Hazardous Food
THESE ARE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS BASED ON BROAD MENU CATEGORIES. A SPECIFIC MENU AND OPERATION MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.
Key to chart on previous page
1- Operate from a commissary meeting all requirements of 420-3-22-.09. The commissary must have, at a minimum, facilities to store food at the required temperatures, a toilet facility and, except when all food is prepackaged, fill potable water tanks, empty wastewater tanks, provide a handwashing sink, provide an appropriate warewashing sink and all required items of the Food Sanitation Rules.
If food preparation activities on the mobile unit generate grease or grease-laden vapors, the commissary must have a grease trap in accordance with local requirements.
2- Operate from a permitted food service establishment (which may be a separately - owned business under the restrictions of 420-3-22-.09) with facilities to store food at the required temperatures, a toilet facility and, except when all food is prepackaged, fill potable water tanks, empty wastewater tanks, provide a handwashing sink, provide an appropriate warewashing sink and all required items of the Food Sanitation Rules. If food preparation activities on the mobile unit generate grease or grease-laden vapors, the commissary must have a grease trap in accordance with local requirements.
3- Handwashing facility on-board the mobile unit; potable (drinking) water tank securely affixed on-board; waste water holding tank securely affixed on-board, 15% larger than the potable water tank; warm water (100°F) provided at all times in adequate amounts.
4- Three-compartment sink on-board with chemical test papers available and used.
5- Two-compartment sink on-board with chemical test papers provided and used.
6- Refrigeration/cold holding facilities on-board and/or facilities for hot holding food on-board, thermometers provided and used.
7- Four sets of food handling utensils, properly sanitized and prewrapped, on-board.
(CHECK WITH THE LOCAL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHERE OPERATION IS PROPOSED TO VERIFY IF THIS OPTION IS ALLOWED).
8- Cooking facilities on-board, to include thermometers, water under pumped pressure to all sinks, sufficient ventilation to remove vapors and smoke from the cooking area, screens or effective forced air barriers, self closing doors, shielded lights, and smooth, non-absorbent, easily cleanable floors, walls, and ceilings.
9- Transport entire mobile unit to commissary daily.
10 - (For vehicles used for dispensing only raw fish or shrimp) Maintain product in direct contact with ice with meltwater contained until delivery is completed. Meltwater shall be disposed in a sanitary manner at the commissary or in accordance with law. Insulated containers and all necessary articles used for dispensing must be in an enclosed part of the vehicle, such as in a covered bed of a pick-up or inside a van. The commissary must have the capability to wash, rinse, and sanitize all food contact surfaces, and for cleaning the vehicle.
Appendices A, C, and D is repealed and Appendix B was renamed Appendix A as per certification filed March 21, 2008.
Authors: Ronald Dawsey, Billy W. Johnson, Mark Sestak
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-2-2(6), 22-20-5.
