SLS 18RS-246 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 375
BY SENATOR BARROW
SANITARY CODE. Requires retail food establishments to maintain and promote
community hygiene as part of standardized business practices. (8/1/18)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:4.17, relative to retail food establishments; to provide for requirements of
3 retail food establishments; to provide for inspections of retail food establishments;
4 to provide relative to the Sanitary Code; to provide for terms and conditions; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:4.17 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง4.17. Inspections of Retail Food Establishments
9 A. Retail food establishments shall maintain and promote community
10 hygiene as part of standardized business practices and shall be inspected no less
11 than four times during the calendar year by the Louisiana Department of
12 Health for such purposes.
13 B. The department shall exercise the enforcement powers authorized by
14 the state's sanitary code when performing such inspections.
15 C. The provisions of this Section may be cited as the "Good Corporate
16 Citizenship Law".
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 375
SLS 18RS-246 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ridge.
DIGEST
SB 375 Original 2018 Regular Session Barrow
Present law provides for a state sanitary code.
Proposed law requires retail food establishments to maintain and promote community
hygiene as part of standardized business practices.
Proposed law provides that the Department of Health shall inspect retail food establishments
no less than four times a year. The department shall exercise the enforcement powers
authorized by the state's sanitary code when performing such inspections.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Adds R.S. 40:4.17)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.