Drafter
Clerk 08/29/2024
Title
A RULE AND REGULATION relating to food safety ratings for general food service establishments, bakeries, mobile food units, meat/fish establishments, and catering operations; amending R&R 17-01, Section 3, and BOH 5.04.055 and R&R 17-01, Section 5, and BOH 5.15.010 and prescribing an effective date; enacted pursuant to RCW 70.05.060, including the latest amendments or revisions thereto.
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BE IT ADOPTED BY THE KING COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH:
SECTION 1. R&R No. 17-01, Section 3, and BOH 5.04.055 are hereby amended to read as follows:
Food safety rating placard. WAC 246-215-01115 is supplemented with the following:
Food safety rating placard (WAC 246-215-01115(51.2)).
"Food safety rating placard" means a placard displaying the food safety rating score of a general food service establishment, bakery, mobile food unit, meat/fish establishment, or catering operation as determined by the health officer in accordance with this title.
SECTION 2. R&R No. 17-01, Section 5, and BOH 5.15.010 are hereby amended to read as follows:
Food safety rating placards. A. The requirements of this section apply to general food service establishments, bakeries, mobile food units, meat/fish establishments, and catering operations, and not to any other category of food establishment.
B. The ((general food service establishment)) owner or operator of a general food service establishment, bakery, mobile food unit, meat/fish establishment, or catering operation shall post, at the establishment, a food safety rating placard or placards provided by the health officer. Each placard must be posted:
1. Within five feet of the main public entrance or entrances of the general food service establishment, bakery, mobile food unit, meat/fish establishment, or catering operation, positioned conspicuously in a window or display case to ensure the placard is clearly visible to passersby and to patrons entering or visiting the establishment; or
2. In ...

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