(A) Food may be examined or sampled by the Cook County Department of Public Health as often as necessary for enforcement of this subchapter.
(B) The Cook County Department of Public Health may, upon written notice to the owner or person in charge, specifying with particularity the reasons therefor, place a hold order on any food which it believes is in violation of Sections 750.100, 750.110, 760.100, or 760.110 of the Illinois Department of Public Health’s “Food Service Sanitation Code,” or the “Retail Food Store Sanitation Code,” respectively, or any other section of this subchapter.
(1) The Cook County Department of Public Health shall tag, label, or otherwise identify any food subject to hold order.
(2) No food subject to a hold order shall be used, served, or moved from the establishment.
(3) The Cook County Department of Public Health shall permit storage of the food under conditions specified in a hold order, unless storage is not possible without risks to the public health, in which case immediate destruction shall be ordered and accomplished.
(4) The hold order shall state that a request for hearing may be filed within 10 days and that if no hearing is requested the food shall be destroyed. If a request for hearing is received, the hearing shall be held within 20 days after receipt of the request. On the basis of evidence produced at that hearing, the hold order may be vacated, or the owner or person in charge of the food may be directed by written order to denature or destroy such food or to bring it into compliance with provisions of the subchapter.
(Ord. 675, passed 3-13-01)