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 4 - Inspection and Correction of Violations
Section 2VAC5-585-3800 - Frequency, establishing inspection interval
Universal Citation: 2 VA Admin Code 2VAC5-585-3800
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Except as specified in subsections B and C of this section, the department shall inspect a food establishment at least once every six months.
B. The department may increase the interval between inspections beyond six months if:
1. The food establishment is fully operating
under an approved and validated HACCP plan as specified under subdivisions 2
and 3 of
2VAC5-585-3542
and
2VAC5-585-3630;
2. The food establishment is assigned a less
frequent inspection frequency based on a written risk-based inspection schedule
that is being uniformly applied throughout the jurisdiction; or
3. The establishment's operation involves
only coffee service and other unpackaged or prepackaged food that is not
time/temperature control for safety food such as carbonated beverages and snack
food such as chips, nuts, popcorn, and pretzels.
C. The department shall periodically inspect a temporary food establishment that prepares, sells, or serves unpackaged time/temperature control for safety food and that:
1. Has improvised rather than permanent
facilities or equipment for accomplishing functions such as handwashing, food
preparation and protection, food temperature control, warewashing, providing
drinking water, waste retention and disposal, and insect and rodent control;
or
2. Has inexperienced food
employees.
Statutory Authority: § 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.
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