Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 31 - Alaska Food Code
Article 2 - Food Care
18 AAC 31.220 - Food protection: hands
Current through August 30, 2024
The operator of a food establishment shall ensure that contamination of food by employees is minimized by ensuring that food that is exposed and
(1) not in a ready-to-eat form is prepared with the least possible bare hand contact; and
(2) in a ready-to-eat form is prepared with no bare hand contact by the proper use of utensils, except when washing fruits and vegetables.
Effective 12/19/99, Register 152, the Department of Environmental Conservation readopted 18 AAC 31.220, without change, to affirm the validity of that section following statutory amendments made in ch. 72, SLA 1998. Chapter 72, SLA 1998 relocated department authority to adopt regulations in 18 AAC 31 from AS 03.05 to AS 17.20.
Authority:AS 17.20.005
AS 17.20.020
AS 17.20.040
AS 17.20.072
AS 17.20.180
AS 17.20.290
AS 44.46.020
