GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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SENATE BILL 363

Health Care Committee Substitute Adopted 4/27/15

Short Title:        Expand Outdoor Food Service at Public Events.	(Public)
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March 24, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT authorizing Pushcarts or mobile food units to prepare and serve food on the premises, provided they are based from a commissary or restaurant located on the premises of a facility containing Three Thousand permanent seats.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑248(c1) reads as rewritten:

"(c1)     The Commission shall adopt rules governing the sanitation of pushcarts and mobile food units. A permitted restaurant or commissary shall serve as a base of operations for a pushcart. A mobile food unit shall meet all of the sanitation requirements of a permitted commissary or shall have a permitted restaurant or commissary that serves as its base of operation. Pushcarts or mobile food units that are based from a permitted commissary or restaurant that is located on the premises of a facility which contains at least 3,000 permanent seats shall be allowed to prepare and serve food on the premises. Raw meat, poultry, and fish shall be prepared in a permitted commissary or restaurant in a pre‑portioned or ready‑to‑cook form. Pushcarts or mobile food units that handle raw ingredients shall be equipped with a handwashing sink. All open food and utensils shall be provided with overhead protection or otherwise equipped with individual covers, such as domes, chafing lids, or cookers with hinged lids. Food equipment and supplies shall be located in enclosed areas and protected from environmental contamination when not in operation."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.