3717.05(A) Uniform food safety code

The director of agriculture and the director of health shall adopt rules establishing standards for safe food handling and sanitation in retail food establishments and food service operations. The rules shall be compiled as the Ohio uniform food safety code, which shall be used by the licensors of retail food establishments and food service operations in ensuring the safe handling of food in this state. All scientific provisions of the Ohio uniform food safety code that are relevant to both retail food establishments and food service operations shall be adopted by the director of agriculture and the director of health with each other's concurrence. The Ohio uniform food safety code shall include the following:

(1)

Criteria for sanitation in retail food establishments and food service operations;

(2)

Criteria for equipment in retail food establishments and food service operations;

(3)

Criteria for reviewing the facility layout and equipment specifications of retail food establishments and food service operations;

(4)

A definition of "potentially hazardous" as it pertains to food in retail food establishments and to food in food service operations;

(5)

Criteria to be used in evaluating the primary business of a person or government entity for purposes of determining whether the person or entity should be licensed as a retail food establishment or food service operation.