Topics Related to Environmental Health

To: Environmental Health Directors, Supervisors, Coordinators, and Specialists

From: Larry D. Michael, REHS, MPH Program Head Food Protection Program

Subject: Mobile Food Unit Commissaries; Session Law 2012-187

This item should be marked IN or OUT of compliance based on direct observations of food preparation and storage, a discussion with the PIC to determine if there are specialized food processes [i.e. smoking food, curing food, reduced oxygen packaging, using food additives to render a food so that it is not PHF (TCS food), cook chill, sous vide] and the record review of standard operating procedures and HACCP documentation.

Pursuant To: Division of Public Health Quality Improvement Project

Source: Cindy R. Callahan, REHS Head, Food Protection and Facilities Branch

Question/Issue: Outdated Food Protection and Facilities Branch Correspondence

Pursuant To: N.C.G.S. 130A-248; 15A NCAC18A .2600

Source: Cindy R. Callahan, REHS Head, Food Protection and Facilities Branch

Question/Issue: Determining change of ownership, permitting protocols, applicable status codes and respective fees.

This position statement replaces the 1997 “Hot Topics Video Questions” document.

Pursuant To: 15A NCAC 18A .2600, 2009 FDA Food Code

Source: Kristina V. Nixon, MPA, REHS, Field Supervisor Food Protection and Facilities Branch

Issue: Labeling PACKAGED FOODS in FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS regulated under 15A NCAC 18A.2600

This position statement supersedes any previously written labeling correspondence.

Pursuant To: N.C.G.S. 130A-247 through 250; 15A NCAC 18A.2600

Source: Shane Smith, REHS Head, Food Protection and Facilities Branch

Question/Issue: Clarification of Packaged Food Jurisdiction

This position statement replaces Packaged Food, August 8, 2017.

Pursuant To: Session Law 2017-18, Senate Bill 24; N.C.G.S.130A-248(c2)

Source: Shane Smith, REHS Branch Head, Food Protection and Facilities Branch

Issue: Guidance for Food Preparation on Outdoor Grills at Food Establishments (REPLACES POSITION STATEMENT DATED JULY 12, 2017)

Pursuant To: Rules Governing the Sanitation of Child Care Centers,15A NCAC 18A .2800

Source: Kimly Blount, Field Supervisor Children’s Environmental Health

Questions / Issues: Are kitchens in child care centers required to be inaccessible children when not in use? Does making the kitchen area inaccessible to children impede egress from these facilities during emergencies?

Pursuant To: Session Law 2013-413

Source: Layton Long, Environmental Health Section Chief

Issue: Amendments to GS 87-97

Pursuant To: Session Law 2023-90 (H628)

Source: Jon Fowlkes, Branch Head, On-site Water Protection Branch (OSWP

Issue: Implementation of Session Law Provisions