Food facilities: definition.

The California Retail Food Code provides for the regulation of health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, including mobile food facilities and satellite food service, as defined, by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, local health agencies are primarily responsible for enforcing this code. A violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. The code exempts from its provisions premises set aside for wine tasting, if specified conditions are met. This bill would additionally exempt from its provisions, if specified conditions are met, premises set aside for beer tasting by a beer manufacturer, as defined to include any holder of a beer manufacturer's license, any holder of an out-of-state beer manufacturer's certificate, or any holder of a beer and wine importer's general license.