[Ord. 694-2005, 5/18/2005, § 301; as amended by Ord. 716-2006, 7/5/2006]
There is hereby adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of East Pennsboro for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations governing the retail sale, commercial and institutional services, and vending of food; defining permit holder, person in charge, employee, food, potentially hazardous food, food establishment, safe material, sanitization and other terms; and providing standards for employee food safety knowledge, health and practices; food sources, preparation, holding temperatures and protection; equipment design, construction, installation, construction and maintenance, and storage and use of poisonous and toxic materials; requiring a permit to operate a food establishment; and providing for restriction or exclusion of employees; the examination and condemnation of food, and enforcement and penalties, that certain food code known as the Food Code, 2005, United States Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, as published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Food Code in 7 Pa. Code, Chapter 46, and that certain food code known as the Food Act, 31 P. S. §§ 20.1 – 20.18, the Public Eating and Drinking Place Law, 35 P.S. §§ 655.1 – 655.13; and § 1705(d) of the Administration Code of 1929, 71 P.S. § 455(d), unless otherwise noted, save and except such portions as are hereafter deleted, modified or amended and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out in length, and from the date on which this Part 1C shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the regulating of design, construction, management and operation of food establishments, inspection of food establishments and providing for plan submissions and approval and the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore within the limits of the Township of East Pennsboro.