In the last few weeks our office has received several calls requesting information about Senate Bill 602 (SB 602), aka The California Food Handler Card law. This law took affect July 1, 2011. Currently, clarification on how this affects residential care facilities is hard to find. There is some great information out there on the subject, however. Thank you ACCA member Brian P. for your help on this.
For starters, this law seems to specifically address "retail" food handlers. It raises the question, how do we define "retail"? Since the care we provide is charged to the resident and it must require food service then it is safe to assume we fall into this "retail" area. We recommend having your staff trained and assessed with a Food Handler Card on file. At the very least it will keep you out of hot water and your staff will be better as well.
We plan on providing the California Food Handler training in the near future. We'll keep you posted.
Check out the following links for more information.
Read the Guidelines & FAQ
Read the Bill (SB 602)
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- Tom Cullen is the owner of Community Care Options, a California State approved vendor operated by a team of caring professionals with more than 30 years of experience in the field. Community Care Options is dedicated to providing continuing education to administrators of both Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly and Adult Residential Facilities and assist in keeping those facilities compliant with state regulations.
