Township of Palmer, PA
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2023-12-27
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Part II, General Ordinances
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Chapter 87 Health Code
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Part 5 Subchapter D. Retail Food Establishments
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Article XX Maintenance of Food Equipment and Utensils
- Part I, Administrative Ordinances
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Fire Commissioner
- Ch 11 Joint Sewer Board
- Ch 13 Manager
- Ch 15 Municipal Authority
- Ch 17 Municipal Sewer Authority
- Ch 19 Municipal Stormwater Authority
- Ch 22 Planning Commission
- Ch 24 Police Retirement Benefits
- Ch 25 Retirement Plans for Nonuniformed Employees
- Ch 27 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
- Ch 30 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 32 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 34 Social Security
- Ch 37 Tax Collection
- Part II, General Ordinances
- Ch 43 (Reserved)
- Ch 50 Bicycles
- Ch 55 Code Enforcement
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Ch 65 Disposal and Storage of Sewage Sludge
- Ch 67 Dogs
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Fire Fighting
- Ch 81 Fire Prevention
- Ch 85 Foreclosed and Abandoned Real Property
- Ch 87 Health Code
- Ch 87 Pt 5 Art XX Maintenance of Food Equipment and Utensils
- § 87-191 General.
- § 87-192 Equipment design and installation.
- § 87-193 (Reserved)
- § 87-194 (Reserved)
- § 87-195 (Reserved)
- § 87-196 (Reserved)
- § 87-197 (Reserved)
- § 87-198 (Reserved)
- § 87-199 (Reserved)
- § 87-200 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 (Reserved)
- Ch 102 Moving Permit
- Ch 106 Neighborhood Improvement Districts
- Ch 109 Nuisances
- Ch 112 (Reserved)
- Ch 118 Peddlers and Transient Merchants
- Ch 124 (Reserved)
- Ch 128 Property Maintenance
- Ch 135 (Reserved)
- Ch 138 Refuse Disposal
- Ch 145 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 147 Sewer Use
- Ch 153 Smoking
- Ch 156 Solid Waste
- Ch 158 Stormwater Management
- Ch 160 Street and Sidewalk Construction
- Ch 165 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 173 Taxation
- Ch 180 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 181 Dumpsters and Portable Storage Containers/Devices
- Ch 184 Water Supply
- Ch 186 Weeds; Visual Obstructions
- Ch 187 Bamboo
- Ch 190 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A195 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
Retail establishments shall comply with §§ 87-51 through 87-53 (relating to design and installation of equipment and utensils).
B.
Meat blocks and cutting boards shall be free of holes,
cracks and crevices and shall be kept clean by effective methods.
C.
Oil cloth or newspaper may not be used on a counter,
table or shelf where food is handled.
Equipment, where applicable, shall be designed, installed and operated
in accordance with the criteria set forth by the National Sanitation Foundation,
Automatic Merchandising Health-Industry Council, Baking Industry Sanitation
Standards Committee, and the Committee for 3-A Sanitary Standards for Dairy
Equipment or other nationally recognized testing laboratory or agency, with
the following exceptions:
A.
Equipment which was installed in a retail food establishment
prior to June 27, 1968, and which does not meet fully the design and construction
requirements of this section, shall be deemed acceptable in that establishment
if it is in good repair, capable of being maintained in a sanitary condition
and the food contact surfaces are nontoxic.
