For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. Those employees of the city who are responsible for enforcing those ordinances and laws of the city as may be assigned to them from time to time by the City Council.
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER. An employee of the County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services, responsible for enforcing Title 8 (Consumer Protection) and Title 11 (Health and Safety) of the Los Angeles County Code.
DEPARTMENT. DEPARTMENT means the County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services.
FOOD OFFICIAL INSPECTION REPORT. The written notice prepared and issued by the county health officer after conducting an inspection of a food facility to determine compliance with all applicable federal, state and local statutes, orders, ordinances, quarantines, rules, regulations, or directives relating to the public health.
GRADING and LETTER GRADE CARD.
(1) GRADING. The letter grade issued by the county health officer at the conclusion of the routine inspection of a retail food establishment. The grade shall be based upon the scoring method set forth in this chapter resulting from the food official inspection report and shall reflect the retail food establishment’s degree of compliance with all applicable federal, state and local statutes, orders, ordinances, quarantines, rules, regulations, or directives relating to the public health.
(2) LETTER GRADE CARD. A card that may be posted by the county health officer at a retail food establishment upon completion of a routine inspection that indicates the letter grade of the establishment as determined by the county health officer using the scoring method set forth in this chapter. For the purposes of this provision, a retail food establishment shall include a food establishment operating in conjunction with a food processing establishment. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the county health officer from creating and using a letter grade card in combination with an inspection score card. The county health officer, in his or her discretion, shall determine whether to post the letter grade card, the inspection score card, or both.
INSPECTION SCORE CARD. A card that may be posted by a county health officer at a retail food establishment, upon completion of a routine inspection, that indicates the total numerical percentage score for the establishment as determined by the county health officer and as set forth in the food official inspection report. For the purposes of this provision, a retail food establishment shall include a food establishment operating in conjunction with a food processing establishment. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the county health officer from creating and using an inspection score card in combination with a letter grade card. The county health officer, in his or her discretion, shall determine whether to post the inspection score card, the letter grade card, or both.
MOBILE FOOD FACILITY. any vehicle used in conjunction with a commissary or other permanent food facility upon which food is sold or distributed at retail. MOBILE FOOD FACILITY does not include a “transporter” used to transport packaged food from a food facility, or other approved source to the consumer.
NOTICE OF CLOSURE. A public notice that may be posted by the county health officer at a food establishment upon suspension or revocation of the establishment’s public health permit and that results in the immediate closure of the establishment and the discontinuance of all operations of the food establishment, by order of the public health officer, because of violations of applicable federal, state and local statutes, orders, ordinances, quarantines, rules, regulations, or directives relating to the public health.
RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. Any food service business which prepares any potentially hazardous food on the premises for sale or gift to the public and includes, but is not limited to, all
restaurants, markets, bakeries, mobile food preparation units, mobile food facilities, commissaries, and food processing establishments.
ROUTINE INSPECTION. A periodic, unannounced inspection of any retail food establishment to determine compliance with all applicable federal, state and local statutes, orders, ordinances, quarantines, rules, regulations, or directives relating to the public health. A ROUTINE INSPECTION shall not mean an inspection conducted by the county health officer to determine compliance with a previously issued food official inspection report or any interim inspection conducted to determine compliance with specific regulations or legal requirements.
(Ord. 4338, passed 8-10-98; Am. Ord. 4710, passed 3-27-17)