GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 197

Short Title:  Food Handlers Wear Gloves.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Hunt of Durham.
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Referred to:  Small Business.
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February 20, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE FOOD SERVICE WORKERS WHO HANDLE UNWRAPPED FOOD TO WEAR GLOVES OR USE A UTENSIL WHEN HANDLING UNWRAPPED FOOD.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A-248(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	For the protection of the public health, the Commission shall adopt rules governing the sanitation of restaurants, hotels, motels, tourist homes, school cafeterias, summer camps, food or drink stands, sandwich manufacturing operations, mobile food units, pushcarts and other facilities where food or drink is prepared or served for pay or where lodging is provided for pay. The rules shall address, but not be limited to, the establishment of sanitation requirements for cleanliness of floors, walls, ceilings, storage spaces, utensils and other areas and items; adequacy of lighting, ventilation, water supply, sewage collection, treatment and disposal facilities, lavatory facilities, food protection facilities and waste disposal; the cleaning and bactericidal treatment of eating and drinking utensils and other food-contact surfaces; methods of food preparation, transportation, catering, storage and serving; health of employees; and animal and vermin control.  The rules shall provide that in establishments where food is prepared or served, workers who handle unwrapped food shall wear gloves or shall use an appropriate utensil when handling unwrapped food. The rules shall contain a system for grading facilities, such as Grade A, Grade B and Grade C."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 1990.