(A) Frequency. The Health Officer shall select vending locations for inspection each year by a method which assures the inspection of representative machines and locations serviced by each operator. The frequency of inspection and selection of locations shall assure the widest coverage of each operator’s locations over a time span determined by the Health Officer. Commissaries in the Health Officer’s jurisdiction shall be inspected in accordance with § 173.05 of this chapter.
(B) Access for inspection. The Health Officer, after proper identification, shall be permitted to enter at any reasonable time, upon any private or public property where vending machines or commissaries are operated, or from which the machines are otherwise serviced, for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The operator shall assure that the Health Officer has access to the interior of food vending machines.
(C) Notification of inspection findings. Whenever an inspection is conducted, the Health Officer shall record the findings on a paper or electronic report. A copy of the completed report shall be provided to the person in charge of the vending operation after the inspection has been completed. The completed report shall constitute an official notice of findings. It is a public document that shall be made available for public disclosure to any person who requests it according to law.
(D) Examination and condemnation of food. Food may be examined or sampled, and a hold order may be placed on food by the Health Officer in accordance with the requirements of § 173.06.
(E) Procedure when infection is suspected. When infection is suspected, the Health Officer shall enforce the requirements of § 173.08.
(F) Commissaries outside jurisdiction of the Health Officer. Food from commissaries outside the jurisdiction of the Health Officer may be sold within the jurisdiction if the commissaries conform to substantially equivalent food service sanitation standards. To determine the extent of compliance with these provisions, the Health Officer may accept reports from the responsible authorities in the jurisdictions where the commissaries are located.
(1977 Code, § 2:1-16) (Ord. [Bd of Health Ord., Art. XVI] passed 6-8-1987; Ord. 18-0950, passed 9-11-2018)