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Series Overview
These are the most important health code changes impacting hospitality businesses in 2022:
- Management and personnel changes – There will be changes to the duties outlined for a person in charge or shift manager. The certified food protection manager requirement will be updated.
- Potentially Hazardous Foods – This familiar term will be updated to “Time/Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) foods.”
- There are new reporting requirements around employee health and new guidelines on bare hand contact.
- There are new standards for date marking foods.
- There are changes to the code in regard to cooking ground meat and poultry products.
- There are changes to the rules on fish, shellfish and produce washing.
- Operational changes include the requirement of written plans on vomit and diarrheal cleanup;
- The rules surrounding pets on premises, including comfort animals;
- And code updates related to washing and sanitizing utensils. Rules on refilling customer-owned containers will also change.
- Some establishments were also removed from the code. One change excludes certain types of beverage businesses that meet a very specific definition from some rules. For example, lemonade stands and small bed and breakfasts that are not operated year-round are excluded.