1820.03 RETAIL SALES; LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEE.

   (a)   All establishments providing food and beverages on a retail basis to customers shall make application to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; Bureau of Food Safety for an annual license. Such an application shall be made not later than April 30 of each year.

    (b)   No establishment shall provide food and beverages on a retail basis to customers after April 30, 2009 unless a license is granted to the establishment after inspection and such license is prominently displayed in the establishment.

(Ord. 4702. Passed 12-21-94; Ord. 5030. Passed 4-8-09.)

1820.04 CLEANLINESS OF EMPLOYEES; SPITTING; SMOKING.

   All retail food facilities, kitchens, dining rooms and all places where foods are prepared, kept or stored shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and be protected from dust, dirt, insects and vermin in the manner prescribed by the regulations of The PA Department of Agriculture in the manner prescribed by statue at 3 Pa. C.S. §5701, et seq., as amended, and by the regulations of the Department of Agriculture, at 7 Pa. Code §46.1 et seq., and any amendments thereto. The clothing and hands of employees shall at all times be clean and sanitary. Except when washing fruits and vegetables or when approved by The PA Department of Agriculture, food employees may not contact exposed, ready-to-eat food with their bare hands and shall use suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves or dispensing equipment. No domestic pets or other animals shall be permitted where food or drink is prepared, handled or stored unless specifically permitted or required under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327) or other Federal or State law. No person shall be permitted to use for living or sleeping purposes any room or place in any retail food facility which is regularly and customarily used for the preparation, handling, storing or serving of food.

(Ord. 3091. Passed 3-30-54; Ord. 4643. Passed 5-12-93; Ord. 5183. Passed 9-9-15.)

1820.05 PHYSICAL CONDITION OF EMPLOYEES.

   No proprietor shall allow any food employee to be in a retail food facility if that person has an infectious or communicable disease, as prohibited under the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L. 1510, No. 500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, and its attendant regulations related to restrictions on food handlers. In consultation with the PA Department of Agriculture of Health, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture may promulgate regulations with respect to specific illnesses as related to operations in a retail food facility as it deems necessary for the protection of public health, any such regulations shall likewise be incorporated herein upon final adoption by the Department of Agriculture.

(Ord. 2551. Passed 11-20-45; Ord. 5003. Passed 5-9-07; Ord. 5183. Passed 9-9-15.)

1820.06 CERTIFICATES OF HEALTH. (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 1820.06 is repealed by Ordinance 5183, passed September 9, 2015.)

1820.07 CERTIFICATE FEE; EMPLOYMENT OF UNQUALIFIED PERSONS. (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 1820.07 is repealed by Ordinance 5183, passed September 9, 2015.)

1820.08 EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS.

   All food and beverage establishments shall conform to regulations established in the 2013 FDA Model Food Code, Chapter 4, Equipment, Utensils and Linens.

(Ord. 4395. Passed 9-10-86; Ord. 5183. Passed 9-9-15.)

1820.09 WATER, PLUMBING AND WASTE.

   All food and beverage establishments shall conform to regulations established in the 2013 FDA Model Food Code, Chapter 5, Water, Plumbing and Waste.

(Ord. 2551. Passed 11-20-45; Ord. 5183. Passed 9-9-15.)