Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 585 - RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT REGULATIONS
Part VIII - Compliance and Enforcement
Article 1 - Applicability of Chapter
Section 2VAC5-585-3510 - Public health protection
Universal Citation: 2 VA Admin Code 2VAC5-585-3510
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The department shall apply this chapter to promote its underlying purpose, as specified in 2VAC5-585-20, of safeguarding public health and ensuring that food is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented when offered to the consumer.
B. In enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the department shall assess existing facilities or equipment that were in use before the effective date of this chapter based on the following considerations:
1. Whether the facilities or
equipment are in good repair and capable of being maintained in a sanitary
condition;
2. Whether food-contact
surfaces comply with
2VAC5-585-960
through
2VAC5-585-1060;
3. Whether the capacities of cooling,
heating, and holding equipment are sufficient to comply with
2VAC5-585-1450;
and
4. The existence of a
documented agreement with the establishment operator that the facilities or
equipment will be replaced as specified in subdivision 6 of
2VAC5-585-3750.
Statutory Authority: § 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.
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