BILL NUMBER: SB 746 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Wolk
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd)
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
An act to amend Sections 110480 and 113789 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to food safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 746, as introduced, Wolk. Food safety: grist mills.
Existing law prohibits, with some exceptions, the manufacture,
packing, or holding of processed food without a valid registration
from the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these
provisions is a crime.
This bill would, beginning January 1, 2018, exempt from the
registration requirements the milling, packaging, and selling of
grain produced and sold at a water-driven grist mill on the National
Register of Historic Places, provided best management practices
suitable for a historic water-driven grist mill are followed for the
processing and handling of the product, the flour is identified as
being produced in a historic mill using traditional methods, and the
product meets applicable federal food adulteration purity standards.
Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, provides for the
regulation of health and sanitation standards for retail food
facilities, as defined, by the department and is primarily enforced
by local health agencies. A violation of any provision of the code is
a misdemeanor.
This bill would, beginning January 1, 2018, exclude from the
definition of a retail food facility a water-driven grist mill that
is on the National Register of Historic Places and that has onsite
sales of grain that is milled at the facility. The bill would make
related findings, declarations, and statements of legislative intent.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(1) Recent legislation that established a moratorium on closure of
state parks and a matching funds program to help keep state parks
open have increased outreach to the public through the use of
creative partnerships and other innovative tools, and other
provisions have helped stabilize the Department of Parks and
Recreation and broaden its financial base.
(2) Ongoing efforts by the Parks Forward Commission, the State
Park and Recreation Commission, and the Department of Parks and
Recreation to develop a more secure financial base for the department
through the increased use of pilot projects, the sale of specialized
or regional passes, and other internal reforms are providing early
signs of success that should be strengthened.
(3) A stable funding structure must be established for the state
parks, including a more entrepreneurial and robust revenue-generation
strategy with increased efficiency and accountability, and a
dedicated, reliable source of public funding that will meet ongoing
operating needs and continually reduce the backlog of unmet
maintenance needed to protect valuable park assets.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to
encourage the Department of Parks and Recreation and the State
Department of Public Health to consult with each other to develop and
implement additional, reasonable improvements designed to increase
public health security at the Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park,
without impairing or adversely affecting historical, cultural, or
natural resources.
SEC. 2. Section 110480 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
110480. (a) The registration provisions of
this article shall not apply to any person whose manufacturing,
packing, or holding of processed food is limited solely to
temporarily holding processed foods for up to seven days for further
transport if the foods are not potentially hazardous foods, as
defined in Section 110005, or to any person whose manufacturing,
packing, or holding of processed food is limited solely to activities
authorized by pursuant to any of the
following:
(a)
(1) A valid bottled water or water vending machine
license issued pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section
111070).
(b)
(2) A valid pet food license issued pursuant to Chapter
10 (commencing with Section 113025) of Part 6.
(c)
(3) A valid permit issued pursuant to Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 113700) of Part 7 to a food facility
including a food facility that manufactures, packs, or holds
processed food for sale at wholesale, provided the food facility that
manufactures, packs, or holds processed food for sale at wholesale
does not meet any of the following conditions:
(1)
(A) Has gross annual wholesale sales of processed foods
of more than 25 percent of total food sales.
(2)
(B) Sells processed foods outside the jurisdiction of
the local health department.
(3)
(C) Sells processed foods that require labeling
pursuant to this part.
(4)
(D) Processes or handles fresh seafood, frozen seafood
held in bulk for further processing, or fresh or frozen raw
shellfish.
(5)
(E) Salvages processed foods for sale other than at the
retail food facility.
(d)
(4) A valid cold storage license issued pursuant to
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 112350) of Part 6.
(e)
(5) A valid cannery license issued pursuant to Chapter
8 (commencing with Section 112650) of Part 6.
(f)
(6) A valid shellfish certificate issued pursuant to
Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 112150) of Part 6.
(g)
(7) A valid frozen food locker plant license issued
pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 112500) of Part 6.
(h)
(8) A valid winegrower's license or wine blender's
license pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 23000) of the
Business and Professions Code.
(i)
(9) A valid milk products plant, margarine, imitation
ice cream, imitation ice milk, or a products resembling milk products
plant license, issued pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with
Section 32501) of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(j)
(10) A valid permit issued by a local health department
to operate a processing establishment, as defined in Section 111955,
that only holds or warehouses processed food, pursuant to Article 1
(commencing with Section 111950) of Chapter 4 of Part 6, provided
that all of the following conditions are met:
(1)
(A) The warehouse does not manufacture or pack
processed food.
(2)
(B) The warehouse does not hold fresh seafood, frozen
seafood held in bulk for further processing, or fresh or frozen raw
shellfish.
(3)
(C) The warehouse is not operated as an integral part
of a food processing facility required to be registered pursuant to
Section 110460.
(4)
(D) The warehouse facilities are located entirely within
the area under the jurisdiction of the local health department.
(5)
(E) The warehouse does not salvage food as the primary
business.
(11) Beginning January 1, 2018, the milling, packaging, and
selling of grain produced and sold at a water-driven grist mill on
the National Register of Historic Places, provided best management
practices suitable for a historic water-driven grist mill are
followed for the processing and handling of the product, the flour is
identified as being produced in a historic mill using traditional
methods, and the product meets applicable federal food adulteration
purity standards.
(k)
(b) This section shall not be construed to limit the
authority of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties, or of
the City of Vernon, to conduct any inspections otherwise authorized
by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 111950) of Part 6.
SEC. 3. Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
113789. (a) "Food facility" means an operation that stores,
prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for
human consumption at the retail level, including, but not limited to,
the following:
(1) An operation where food is consumed on or off the premises,
regardless of whether there is a charge for the food.
(2) A place used in conjunction with the operations described in
this subdivision, including, but not limited to, storage facilities
for food-related utensils, equipment, and materials.
(b) "Food facility" includes permanent and nonpermanent food
facilities, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Public and private school cafeterias.
(2) Restricted food service facilities.
(3) Licensed health care facilities, except as provided in
paragraph (13) of subdivision (c).
(4) Commissaries.
(5) Mobile food facilities.
(6) Mobile support units.
(7) Temporary food facilities.
(8) Vending machines.
(9) Certified farmers' markets, for purposes of permitting and
enforcement pursuant to Section 114370.
(10) Farm stands, for purposes of permitting and enforcement
pursuant to Section 114375.
(c) "Food facility" does not include any of the following:
(1) A cooperative arrangement wherein no permanent facilities are
used for storing or handling food.
(2) A private home, including a cottage food operation that is
registered or has a permit pursuant to Section 114365.
(3) A church, private club, or other nonprofit association that
gives or sells food to its members and guests, and not to the general
public, at an event that occurs not more than three days in any
90-day period.
(4) A for-profit entity that gives or sells food at an event that
occurs not more than three days in a 90-day period for the benefit of
a nonprofit association, if the for-profit entity receives no
monetary benefit, other than that resulting from recognition from
participating in an event.
(5) Premises set aside for wine tasting, as that term is used in
Section 23356.1 of the Business and Professions Code and in the
regulations adopted pursuant to that section, that comply with
Section 118375, regardless of whether there is a charge for the wine
tasting, if no other beverage, except for bottles of wine and
prepackaged nonpotentially hazardous beverages, is offered for sale
for onsite consumption and no food, except for crackers, is served.
(6) Premises operated by a producer, selling or offering for sale
only whole produce grown by the producer or shell eggs, or both,
provided the sales are conducted on premises controlled by the
producer.
(7) A commercial food processing establishment as defined in
Section 111955.
(8) A child day care facility, as defined in Section 1596.750.
(9) A community care facility, as defined in Section 1502.
(10) A residential care facility for the elderly, as defined in
Section 1569.2.
(11) A residential care facility for the chronically ill, which
has the same meaning as a residential care facility, as defined in
Section 1568.01.
(12) Premises set aside by a beer manufacturer, as defined in
Section 25000.2 of the Business and Professions Code, that comply
with Section 118375, for the purposes of beer tasting, regardless of
whether there is a charge for the beer tasting, if no other beverage,
except for beer and prepackaged nonpotentially hazardous beverages,
is offered for sale for onsite consumption, and no food, except for
crackers, pretzels, or prepackaged food that is not potentially
hazardous food is offered for onsite consumption.
(13) (A) An intermediate care facility for the developmentally
disabled, as defined in subdivisions (e), (h), and (m) of Section
1250, with a capacity of six beds or fewer.
(B) A facility described in subparagraph (A) shall report any
foodborne illness or outbreak to the local health department and to
the State Department of Public Health within 24 hours of the illness
or outbreak.
(14) A community food producer, as defined in Section 113752.
(15) Beginning January 1, 2018, a water-driven grist mill that is
on the National Register of Historic Places and that has onsite sales
of grain that is milled at the facility.