General requirements shall be as follows.
(a) All day care centers in which food is prepared for human consumption shall comply with the pertinent food service regulations set forth in the city code and in the Rules on Food Service Sanitation (1977), as amended, set forth by the Texas department of health, and a copy of which is on file with the city secretary. While day care centers in which food is prepared on site must comply with all applicable food service regulations, such centers need not obtain food service establishment permits, nor temporary food service establishment permits. Further, employees of such day care centers need not obtain food handler’s certificates, nor must the day care manager obtain a food manager’s certificate.
(b) Food service establishment permits or temporary food service establishment permits shall not be required in day care centers which do not prepare food on site, which have children bring their own lunches, which serve only prepackaged single-service snacks, or which prepare no food other than infant formula.
(c) All off-site food services used by a day care center must be permitted as a food service facility by an appropriate health department or authority in the jurisdiction wherein the food is prepared. Furthermore, facilities receiving food from such food service entities must have adequate and appropriate provisions for the holding and serving of food and for the washing of utensils in accordance with the requirements of the city code.
(d) (1) At all day care centers where food is prepared for human consumption, residential type refrigerators, freezers and ranges shall not be used for food preparation or storage in the food preparation area. Only equipment that meets or exceeds the standards established by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) will be approved for use, except that, in areas other than food preparation areas, residential type refrigerators may be used for storage of infant formula, juices and medications requiring refrigeration. Day care centers in operation upon adoption of this ordinance which were equipped with residential type equipment may continue to use such equipment until such time as replacement of such equipment becomes necessary due to obsolescence or malfunction. All replacement equipment must meet or exceed the standards established by the NSF.
(2) Day care centers which do not prepare food on site, which serve only prepackaged single-service snacks, or which prepare no food other than infant formula may use a residential type refrigerator for the purpose of storing infant formula, prepackaged snacks or medications requiring refrigeration.
(Ord. 11209, § 3, passed 11-24-1992)