Report Title:
Food Establishments
Description:
Requires the department of health to adopt rules to grade food establishments pursuant to inspections.
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1791 |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that food borne illness is more prevalent with increased human contact during food preparation. Simple measures such as hand washing, rodent control, and maintaining adequate refrigeration temperatures would vastly reduce the potential for food borne illness proliferation. Under existing law, the department of health is responsible for conducting inspections of food establishments for sanitation purposes. The legislature finds that the department should also inspect food establishments to reduce the likelihood of food borne illness.
The purpose of this Act is to require the department of health to inspect for food borne illness and grade food establishments on food handling.
SECTION 2. Section 321-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§321-4.5[]]
Inspection of food establishments[.]; food borne illness; grading of
retail food outlets and restaurants. (a) Inspections of food
establishments may be performed only by a registered sanitarian or a food and
drug inspector. The inspections shall include, but not be limited to,
observations and evaluation of food handling practices at retail food outlets
and restaurants to reduce the potential for food borne illness.
(b) Pursuant to an inspection under subsection (a), the department shall grade a retail food outlet or restaurant for food handing practices, as follows:
(1) Grade A for a score of 90 to 100 points;
(2) Grade B for a score of 80 to 89 points;
(3) Grade C for a score of 70 to 79 points; and
(4) "Score" for 0-69 points.
The grade for every retail food outlet or restaurant shall be deemed a public record for purposes of public access to the scores. A retail food outlet or restaurant shall be graded not less than once in a two-year period.
(c) The department of health shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of grading retail food outlets and restaurants.
(d) For purposes of this section, "food borne illness" means a disease, usually infectious or toxic in nature, resulting from the consumption of contaminated food arising usually from improper food handling, preparation, or storage, or from poor hygiene practices."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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