The state Department of Health will conduct a public hearing today regarding changes to Hawaii’s food safety code.
The state Department of Health will conduct a public hearing today regarding changes to Hawaii’s food safety code.
The hearing is from 2-5 p.m. in the Environmental Health Building conference room at 1582 Kamehameha Ave.
Proposed changes to the code include:
• Establishing a food safety education program that would require at least one food establishment employee per work shift to be certified at the Food Handlers Training level.
• Adopting the 2013 U.S. Food and Drug Administration Model Food Code.
• Establishing a new fee structure for Temporary Food Establishment Permits.
• Streamlining regulations for food trucks.
• Removing the 20 days of sale limit for homemade foods not considered a potential public health risk.
A full list of the draft rules is available at http://health.hawaii.gov/opppd/proposed-changes-to-department-of-health-administrative-rules-title-11/.
Public comment will be taken until Dec. 16.