CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1532Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-KahanFebruary 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 113947 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to food facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1532, as introduced, Bauer-Kahan. Food facilities: food safety: employee knowledge.Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, as defined, for regulation by the State Department of Public Health, and requires local enforcement agencies to enforce those provisions. The code requires a person in charge of a food facility and all food employees to have adequate knowledge of, and be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 113947 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:113947. (a) The person in charge and all food employees shall have adequate knowledge of, and shall be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.(b) The person in charge shall comply with both of the following: following requirements:(1) Have adequate knowledge of major food allergens, foods identified as major food allergens, and the symptoms that a major food allergen could cause in a sensitive individual who has an allergic reaction.(2) Educate the employees at the food facility regarding the information described in paragraph (1), which the person in charge may elect to accomplish by, among other methods, using a poster or job aid to which the employee can refer.(c) For purposes of this section, person in charge means a designated person who has knowledge of safe food handling practices and the major food allergens as they relate to the specific food preparation activities that occur at the food facility.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1532Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-KahanFebruary 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 113947 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to food facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1532, as introduced, Bauer-Kahan. Food facilities: food safety: employee knowledge.Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, as defined, for regulation by the State Department of Public Health, and requires local enforcement agencies to enforce those provisions. The code requires a person in charge of a food facility and all food employees to have adequate knowledge of, and be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1532
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-KahanFebruary 22, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan
February 22, 2019
An act to amend Section 113947 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to food facilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1532, as introduced, Bauer-Kahan. Food facilities: food safety: employee knowledge.
Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, as defined, for regulation by the State Department of Public Health, and requires local enforcement agencies to enforce those provisions. The code requires a person in charge of a food facility and all food employees to have adequate knowledge of, and be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, as defined, for regulation by the State Department of Public Health, and requires local enforcement agencies to enforce those provisions. The code requires a person in charge of a food facility and all food employees to have adequate knowledge of, and be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 113947 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:113947. (a) The person in charge and all food employees shall have adequate knowledge of, and shall be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.(b) The person in charge shall comply with both of the following: following requirements:(1) Have adequate knowledge of major food allergens, foods identified as major food allergens, and the symptoms that a major food allergen could cause in a sensitive individual who has an allergic reaction.(2) Educate the employees at the food facility regarding the information described in paragraph (1), which the person in charge may elect to accomplish by, among other methods, using a poster or job aid to which the employee can refer.(c) For purposes of this section, person in charge means a designated person who has knowledge of safe food handling practices and the major food allergens as they relate to the specific food preparation activities that occur at the food facility.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 113947 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:113947. (a) The person in charge and all food employees shall have adequate knowledge of, and shall be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.(b) The person in charge shall comply with both of the following: following requirements:(1) Have adequate knowledge of major food allergens, foods identified as major food allergens, and the symptoms that a major food allergen could cause in a sensitive individual who has an allergic reaction.(2) Educate the employees at the food facility regarding the information described in paragraph (1), which the person in charge may elect to accomplish by, among other methods, using a poster or job aid to which the employee can refer.(c) For purposes of this section, person in charge means a designated person who has knowledge of safe food handling practices and the major food allergens as they relate to the specific food preparation activities that occur at the food facility.
SECTION 1. Section 113947 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
113947. (a) The person in charge and all food employees shall have adequate knowledge of, and shall be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.(b) The person in charge shall comply with both of the following: following requirements:(1) Have adequate knowledge of major food allergens, foods identified as major food allergens, and the symptoms that a major food allergen could cause in a sensitive individual who has an allergic reaction.(2) Educate the employees at the food facility regarding the information described in paragraph (1), which the person in charge may elect to accomplish by, among other methods, using a poster or job aid to which the employee can refer.(c) For purposes of this section, person in charge means a designated person who has knowledge of safe food handling practices and the major food allergens as they relate to the specific food preparation activities that occur at the food facility.
113947. (a) The person in charge and all food employees shall have adequate knowledge of, and shall be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.(b) The person in charge shall comply with both of the following: following requirements:(1) Have adequate knowledge of major food allergens, foods identified as major food allergens, and the symptoms that a major food allergen could cause in a sensitive individual who has an allergic reaction.(2) Educate the employees at the food facility regarding the information described in paragraph (1), which the person in charge may elect to accomplish by, among other methods, using a poster or job aid to which the employee can refer.(c) For purposes of this section, person in charge means a designated person who has knowledge of safe food handling practices and the major food allergens as they relate to the specific food preparation activities that occur at the food facility.
113947. (a) The person in charge and all food employees shall have adequate knowledge of, and shall be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.(b) The person in charge shall comply with both of the following: following requirements:(1) Have adequate knowledge of major food allergens, foods identified as major food allergens, and the symptoms that a major food allergen could cause in a sensitive individual who has an allergic reaction.(2) Educate the employees at the food facility regarding the information described in paragraph (1), which the person in charge may elect to accomplish by, among other methods, using a poster or job aid to which the employee can refer.(c) For purposes of this section, person in charge means a designated person who has knowledge of safe food handling practices and the major food allergens as they relate to the specific food preparation activities that occur at the food facility.
113947. (a) The person in charge and all food employees shall have adequate knowledge of, and shall be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
(b) The person in charge shall comply with both of the following: following requirements:
(1) Have adequate knowledge of major food allergens, foods identified as major food allergens, and the symptoms that a major food allergen could cause in a sensitive individual who has an allergic reaction.
(2) Educate the employees at the food facility regarding the information described in paragraph (1), which the person in charge may elect to accomplish by, among other methods, using a poster or job aid to which the employee can refer.
(c) For purposes of this section, person in charge means a designated person who has knowledge of safe food handling practices and the major food allergens as they relate to the specific food preparation activities that occur at the food facility.