481—31.1 (137F) Inspection standards. The department adopts the 2005 Food Code with Supplement of the Food and Drug Administration as the state’s “food code” with the following exceptions.
	 31.1(1) Section 3-201.11 is amended to allow honey which is stored; prepared, including by placement in a container; or labeled on or distributed from the premises of a residence to be sold in a food establishment.
	 31.1(2) Subparagraph 3-201.17(A)(4) is amended to state that field-dressed wild game shall not be permitted in food establishments.
	 31.1(3) Paragraph 3-502.12(A) is amended by adding the following: “Packaging of raw meat and poultry using an oxygen packaging method, with a 30-day `sell by’ date from the date it was packaged, shall be exempt from having a HACCP Plan.”
	 31.1(4) Reserved.
	 31.1(5) Paragraph 4-301.12(C) is amended by adding the following: “Establishments need not have a three-compartment sink when each of the following conditions is met:
“1. Three or fewer utensils are used for food preparation;
“2. Utensils are limited to tongs, spatulas, and scoops; and
“3. The department has approved after verification that the establishment can adequately wash and sanitize these utensils.”
	 31.1(6) Paragraph 5-203.11(C) is deleted.
	 31.1(7) Section 5-203.14 is amended by adding the following: “Water outlets with hose attachments, except for water heater drains and clothes washer connections, shall be protected by a non-removable hose bibb backflow preventer or by a listed atmospheric vacuum breaker installed at least six inches above the highest point of usage and located on the discharge side of the last valve.”
	 31.1(8) Paragraph 5-402.11(D) is amended by adding the following: “A culinary sink or sink used for food preparation shall not have a direct connection between the sewage system and a drain originating from that sink. Culinary sinks or sinks used in food preparation shall be separated by an air break of not less than one inch between the outlet and the rim of the floor sink or receptor.”
	 31.1(9) Elder group homes as defined by Iowa Code section 231B.1 shall be inspected by the department, but Chapters 4 and 6 of the Food Code shall not apply. Elder group homes shall pay the lowest license fee in 481—subrule 30.4(2).
	 31.1(10) Nonprofit organizations that are licensed as temporary food establishments may serve nonpotentially hazardous food from an unapproved source for the duration of the event.
	 31.1(11) Section 3-301.11(D)(1) is amended by striking the words “regulatory authority” and inserting the word “department.”