Text: H08051 Text: H08053 Text: H08000 - H08099 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, H-8045, to House File 2166 as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 1 the 1 4 following: 1 5 #"___. Page 7, by inserting after line 5 the 1 6 following: 1 7 "6A. 3-301.11(B) shall be amended by deleting the 1 8 section and replacing it with the following: 1 9 (1) Except when washing fruits and vegetables, 1 10 food employees should, to the extent practicable, 1 11 avoid contact with exposed, ready-to-eat food with 1 12 their bare hands. Where ready-to-eat food is 1 13 routinely handled by employees, employers should adopt 1 14 reasonable sanitary procedures to reduce the risk of 1 15 the transmission of pathogenic organisms. 1 16 (2) In seeking to minimize employees' physical 1 17 contact with ready-to-eat foods, no single method or 1 18 device is universally practical or necessarily the 1 19 most effective method to prevent the transmission of 1 20 pathogenic organisms in all situations. As such, each 1 21 public food service establishment shall review its 1 22 operations to identify procedures where ready-to-eat 1 23 food must be routinely handled by its employees and 1 24 adopt one or more of the following sanitary 1 25 alternatives, to be used either alone or in 1 26 combination, to prevent the transmission of pathogenic 1 27 organisms: 1 28 (a) The use of suitable food handling materials 1 29 including, but not limited to, deli tissues, 1 30 appropriate utensils, or dispensing equipment. Such 1 31 materials must be used in conjunction with thorough 1 32 hand washing practices in accord with paragraph (c). 1 33 (b) The use of single-use gloves, for the purpose 1 34 of preparing or handling ready-to-eat foods, shall be 1 35 discarded when damaged or soiled or when the process 1 36 of food preparation or handling is interrupted. 1 37 Single-use gloves must be used in conjunction with 1 38 thorough hand washing practices in accord with 1 39 paragraph (c). 1 40 (c) The use, pursuant to the manufacturer's 1 41 instructions, of anti-microbial soaps, with the 1 42 additional optional use of anti-bacterial protective 1 43 skin lotions or anti-microbial hand sanitizers, 1 44 rinses, or dips. All such soaps, lotions, sanitizers, 1 45 rinses, and dips must contain active topical anti- 1 46 microbial or anti-bacterial ingredients, registered by 1 47 the United States environmental protection agency, 1 48 cleared by the United States food and drug 1 49 administration, and approved by the United States 1 50 department of agriculture. 2 1 (d) The use of such other practices, devices, or 2 2 products that are found by the division to achieve a 2 3 comparable level of protection to one or more of the 2 4 sanitary alternatives in paragraphs (a) through (c). 2 5 (3) Regardless of the sanitary alternatives in 2 6 use, each public food service establishment shall 2 7 establish: 2 8 (a) Systematic focused education and training of 2 9 all food service employees involved in the identified 2 10 procedures regarding the potential for transmission of 2 11 pathogenic organisms from contact with ready-to-eat 2 12 food. The importance of proper hand washing and 2 13 hygiene in preventing the transmission of illness, and 2 14 the effective use of the sanitary alternatives and 2 15 monitoring systems utilized by the public food service 2 16 establishment, shall be reinforced. The content and 2 17 duration of this training shall be determined by the 2 18 manager of the public food service establishment. 2 19 (b) A monitoring system to demonstrate the proper 2 20 and effective use of the sanitary alternatives 2 21 utilized by the public food service establishment." 2 22 #___. By renumbering as necessary." 2 23 2 24 2 25 2 26 HEATON of Henry 2 27 HF 2166.703 77 2 28 rn/sc/28
Text: H08051 Text: H08053 Text: H08000 - H08099 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
© 1998 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Tue Feb 17 03:44:30 CST 1998
URL: /DOCS/GA/77GA/Legislation/H/08000/H08052/980216.html
jhf