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80 California Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1997)

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Opinion No. 96-302-January 3, 1997
Requested by: MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE
Opinion by: DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General
Gregory L. Gonot, Deputy
THE HONORABLE BRUCE McPHERSON, MEMBER OF THE CALI-
FORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following
question:
For purposes of the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, does
a temporary food facility include a food facility operating out of tempo-
rary facilities at a fixed location one day each week in close proximity to
and in conjunction with a certified farmers' market?
CONCLUSION
For purposes of the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, a
temporary food facility does not include a food facility operating out of
temporary facilities at a fixed location one day each week in close proximity
to and in conjunction with a certified farmers' market.
ANALYSIS
The California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law (Health & Saf. Code,
§§ 113700-114455; CURFFL)1 provides uniform statewide health and
sanitation standards for retail food facilities. (§ 113705.) Its purpose is to
assure the people of this state that food will be pure, safe, and unadulterat-
ed. (Ibid.) The question presented for resolution concerns whether a food
facility operating out of temporary facilities one day each week in conjunc-
tion with a certified farmers' market qualifies for treatment as a temporary
food facility under the terms of CURFFL. We conclude that it does not.
A food facility, as defined in CURFFL, means:
(1) Any food establishment, vehicle, vending machine, pro-
duce stand, swap meet prepackaged food stand, temporary food
facility, satellite food distribution facility, stationary mobile food
preparation unit, and mobile food preparation unit.
(2) Any place used in conjunction with the operations de-
scribed in paragraph (1), including, but not limited to, storage
facilities for food-related utensils, equipment, and materials.
I All section references hereafter are to the Health and Safety Code.
(Manhew Bender & Co., Inc.)

January 1997

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