SB-0774, As Passed Senate, June 1, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 774

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      A bill to amend 2000 PA 92, entitled

 

"Food law,"

 

by amending sections 1107, 1111, 2129, 3113, 3115, 3119, 4105, and

 

4111 (MCL 289.1107, 289.1111, 289.2129, 289.3113, 289.3115,

 

289.3119, 289.4105, and 289.4111), sections 1107, 1111, and 4105 as

 

amended by 2012 PA 178, sections 2129 and 3115 as amended by 2015

 

PA 142, section 3119 as amended by 2008 PA 375, and section 4111 as

 

amended by 2015 PA 61.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 1107. As used in this act:

 

 2        (a) "Department" means the department of agriculture and rural

 

 3  development.

 

 4        (b) "Director" means the director of the department or his or

 

 5  her designee.

 


 1        (c) "Domestic residence" means a single-family dwelling or an

 

 2  area within a rental unit where a single person or family actually

 

 3  resides. Domestic residence does not include either of the

 

 4  following:

 

 5        (i) A group or communal residential setting within any type of

 

 6  structure.

 

 7        (ii) An outbuilding, shed, barn, or other similar structure.

 

 8        (d) "Egg" does not include a balut, which is an embryo inside

 

 9  a fertile egg that has been incubated for a period sufficient for

 

10  the embryo to reach a specific stage of development after which it

 

11  is removed from incubation before hatching.

 

12        (e) "Evaluation" means a food safety audit, inspection, or

 

13  food safety and sanitation assessment, whether announced or

 

14  unannounced, that identifies violations or verifies compliance with

 

15  this act and determines the degree of active control by food

 

16  establishment operators over foodborne illness risk factors.

 

17        (f) "Extended retail food establishment" means a retail

 

18  grocery that does both of the following:

 

19        (i) Serves or provides an unpackaged food for immediate

 

20  consumption.

 

21        (ii) Provides customer seating in the food service area.

 

22        (g) "Fair" means a fair or exhibition operated and managed

 

23  under 1929 PA 11, MCL 46.151 to 46.153, or held by an agricultural

 

24  or horticultural society under 1855 PA 80, MCL 453.231 to 453.240.

 

25        (h) "Fair concession" means a food concession, storage,

 

26  preparation, or dispensing operation at a state or county fair.

 

27        (i) "Farmers' market" means a public and recurring assembly of


 1  farmers or their representatives selling directly to consumers food

 

 2  and products that the farmers have produced themselves. In

 

 3  addition, the market may include a variety of other vendors as

 

 4  determined by market management.

 

 5        (j) "Federal act" means the federal food, drug, and cosmetic

 

 6  act, chapter 675, 52 Stat. 1040, 21 USC 301 to 399d, as in effect

 

 7  on October 1, 2012.

 

 8        (k) "Festival" means an event, staged by a local community or

 

 9  local organization, that centers on and celebrates a certain aspect

 

10  of that community or organization. Festival includes, but is not

 

11  limited to, a fair, art show, chili cook-off, car show, hot air

 

12  balloon festival, religious festival, drama festival, or cultural

 

13  festival.

 

14        (l) "First receiver" means a person who receives eggs from a

 

15  producer at any place of business and candles, grades, sorts,

 

16  packs, or packages the eggs.

 

17        (m) "Food" means articles used for food or drink for humans or

 

18  other animals, chewing gum, and articles used for components of any

 

19  such article.

 

20        (n) "Food additive" means any substance, the intended use of

 

21  which, directly or indirectly, results in or may be reasonably

 

22  expected to result in its becoming a component or otherwise

 

23  affecting the characteristics of any food if that substance is not

 

24  generally recognized among experts as having been adequately shown

 

25  through scientific procedures to be safe under the conditions of

 

26  its intended use. Food additive includes any substance intended for

 

27  use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing,


 1  treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food and includes any

 

 2  source of radiation intended for any use. Food additive does not

 

 3  include any of the following:

 

 4        (i) A pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural

 

 5  commodity.

 

 6        (ii) A pesticide chemical to the extent that it is intended

 

 7  for use or is used in the production, storage, or transportation of

 

 8  any raw agricultural commodity.

 

 9        (iii) A color additive.

 

10        (iv) Any substance used in accordance with a sanction or

 

11  approval granted before the enactment of the food additives

 

12  amendment of 1958, Public Law 85-929, pursuant to the federal act,

 

13  the poultry products inspection act, 21 USC 451 to 472, or the

 

14  federal meat inspection act, 21 USC 601 to 683.

 

15        (o) "Food code" means food code, 2009 recommendations of the

 

16  food and drug administration of the United States public health

 

17  service that "Food Code, 2009 Recommendations of the United States

 

18  Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration", which

 

19  regulates the design, construction, management, and operation of

 

20  certain food establishments.

 

21        (p) "Food establishment" means an operation where food is

 

22  processed, packed, canned, preserved, frozen, fabricated, stored,

 

23  prepared, served, vended, sold, or offered for sale. Food

 

24  establishment includes, but is not limited to, a food processor, a

 

25  food warehouse, a food service establishment, a vending machine

 

26  location, and a retail grocery. Food establishment does not include

 

27  any of the following:


 1        (i) A charitable, religious, fraternal, or other nonprofit

 

 2  organization operating a home-prepared baked goods sale or serving

 

 3  only home-prepared food in connection with its meetings or as part

 

 4  of a fund-raising event.

 

 5        (ii) An inpatient food operation located in a health facility

 

 6  or agency subject to licensure under article 17 of the public

 

 7  health code, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.

 

 8        (iii) A food operation located in a prison, jail, state mental

 

 9  health institute, boarding house, fraternity or sorority house,

 

10  convent, or other facility where the facility is the primary

 

11  residence for the occupants and the food operation is limited to

 

12  serving meals to the occupants as part of their living arrangement.

 

13        (q) "Food processor" means a food establishment that

 

14  processes, manufactures, wholesales, packages, labels, or stores

 

15  food. Food processor does not include a maple syrup producer.

 

16  Processing is an act, such as canning, freezing, dehydrating,

 

17  drying, distilling, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing,

 

18  milling, washing, trimming, packing, or otherwise preserving or

 

19  changing the form of a food.

 

20        (r) "Food safety and sanitation assessment" means judging or

 

21  assessing specific food handling activities, events, conditions, or

 

22  management systems in an effort to determine their potential

 

23  effectiveness in controlling risks for foodborne illness and

 

24  required their compliance with this act, accompanied by a report of

 

25  findings.

 

26        (s) "Food safety audit" means the methodical examination and

 

27  review of records, food sources, food handling procedures, and


 1  facility cleaning and sanitation practices for compliance with this

 

 2  act, accompanied by a report of findings. Food safety audit

 

 3  includes checking or testing, or both, of observable practices and

 

 4  procedures to determine compliance with standards contained in or

 

 5  adopted by this act, accompanied by a report of findings.

 

 6        (t) "Food service establishment" means a fixed or mobile

 

 7  restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short order cafe, luncheonette,

 

 8  grill, tearoom, sandwich shop, soda fountain, tavern, bar, cocktail

 

 9  lounge, nightclub, drive-in, industrial feeding establishment,

 

10  private organization serving the public, rental hall, catering

 

11  kitchen, delicatessen, theater, commissary, food concession, or

 

12  similar place in which food or drink is prepared for direct

 

13  consumption through service on the premises or elsewhere, and any

 

14  other eating or drinking establishment or operation where food is

 

15  served or provided for the public. Food service establishment does

 

16  not include any of the following:

 

17        (i) A motel that serves continental breakfasts only.

 

18        (ii) A bed and breakfast that has 10 or fewer sleeping rooms

 

19  for rent.

 

20        (iii) A bed and breakfast that has more than 10 sleeping rooms

 

21  for rent, if the bed and breakfast serves continental breakfasts

 

22  only.

 

23        (iv) A child care organization regulated under 1973 PA 116,

 

24  MCL 722.111 to 722.128, unless the establishment is carrying out an

 

25  operation considered by the director to be a food service

 

26  establishment.

 

27        (v) A vending machine location. However, if a food service


 1  establishment operates a vending machine location on the same

 

 2  premises, the vending machine location is considered part of the

 

 3  food service establishment.

 

 4        (u) "Food warehouse" means a food establishment that stores or

 

 5  distributes food for wholesale.

 

 6        Sec. 1111. As used in this act:

 

 7        (a) "Raw agricultural commodity" means any food in its raw or

 

 8  natural state including fruits that are washed, colored, or

 

 9  otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form before marketing.

 

10        (b) "Regulatory authority" means the department, the local

 

11  health department, or the authorized representative having

 

12  jurisdiction over the food establishment.

 

13        (c) "Retail food establishment" means an operation that sells

 

14  or offers to sell food directly to a consumer. Retail food

 

15  establishment includes both a retail grocery and a food service

 

16  establishment, but does not include a food processor.

 

17        (d) "Retail grocery" means an operation that sells or offers

 

18  to sell food to consumers for off-premises consumption. Food for

 

19  off-premises consumption does not include take-out food intended

 

20  for immediate consumption.

 

21        (e) "Rules" means administrative rules promulgated under this

 

22  act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA

 

23  306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

 

24        (f) "Shellfish dealer" means an interstate wholesaler handling

 

25  shellfish.

 

26        (g) "Shellfish dealer certification" means the issuance of a

 

27  numbered certificate to a person indicating that the person is in


 1  compliance with the requirements of the guide for the control of

 

 2  molluscan shellfish and that the person has permission from the

 

 3  department to conduct 1 or more of the following shellfish

 

 4  activities, as defined in the guide for the control of molluscan

 

 5  shellfish:

 

 6        (i) Shellstock shipper.

 

 7        (ii) Shucker packer.

 

 8        (iii) Repacker or reshipper.

 

 9        (h) "Smoked fish rules" means R 285.569.1 to 285.569.19 of the

 

10  Michigan administrative code.Administrative Code.

 

11        (i) "Special transitory food unit" means a temporary food

 

12  establishment that is licensed to operate throughout the state

 

13  without the 14-day limits or a mobile food establishment that is

 

14  not required to return to a commissary.

 

15        (j) "Staple foods" does not include accessory foods such as

 

16  coffee, tea, cocoa, soda, noncarbonated drinks such as sports

 

17  drinks, punches, and flavored waters, candy, condiments, spices,

 

18  hot foods, or foods ready to go or made to take out, such as

 

19  prepared sandwiches or salads.

 

20        (k) "Sulfiting agents" means any of the following:

 

21        (i) Sulfur dioxide.

 

22        (ii) Sodium sulfite.

 

23        (iii) Sodium bisulfite.

 

24        (iv) Potassium bisulfite.

 

25        (v) Sodium metabisulfite.

 

26        (vi) Potassium metabisulfite.

 

27        (l) "Temporary food establishment" means a food establishment


 1  which that operates at a fixed location for a temporary period not

 

 2  to exceed 14 consecutive days.

 

 3        (m) "Temporary license" means a written authorization issued

 

 4  by the director to operate for a specified limited time period.

 

 5        (n) "Transient tenant" means a person who rents a room in a

 

 6  bed and breakfast for fewer than 30 consecutive days.

 

 7        (o) "Trimming" is an act of means removing leaves, roots, and

 

 8  other extraneous materials in preparation for grading, sorting, and

 

 9  sale as a whole fruit or vegetable. Trimming does not remove the

 

10  peel or core and does not further cut the whole fruit or vegetable.

 

11        (p) "U.S. standards for shell eggs" means "United States

 

12  standards, grades, and weight classes for shell eggs, Standards,

 

13  Grades, and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs", AMS 56 (July 20, 2000),

 

14  United States department of agriculture.Department of Agriculture.

 

15        (q) "Vending company base location" means a vending machine

 

16  location or other food establishment required to be separately

 

17  licensed under section 4105(5).

 

18        (r) (q) "Vending machine" means a self-service device offered

 

19  for public use that, upon activation by insertion of a coin, paper

 

20  currency, token, card, or key, or paper currency, or by manual

 

21  operation, dispenses unit servings of food or beverages in bulk or

 

22  in packages without the necessity of replenishing the device

 

23  between each vending operation. Vending machine does not include

 

24  any of the following:

 

25        (i) A device that dispenses only bottled or canned soft

 

26  drinks; other packaged nonperishable foods or beverages; or bulk

 

27  ball gum, nuts, and panned candies.


 1        (ii) A water-dispensing machine that is registered under

 

 2  chapter IV.

 

 3        (s) (r) "Vending machine location" means the room, enclosure,

 

 4  space, or area in which 1 or more vending machines are installed

 

 5  and operated.

 

 6        (t) (s) "Wholesale" means selling other than directly to

 

 7  consumers.

 

 8        (u) (t) "Wild game" means animals from their natural state and

 

 9  not cultivated, domesticated, or tamed.

 

10        Sec. 2129. (1) Subject to subsection (2), all of the following

 

11  food establishments shall employ a minimum of 1 managerial employee

 

12  as a food safety manager, who must be an individual who is

 

13  currently certified under a personnel certification program

 

14  accredited by the American National Standards Institute, utilizing

 

15  the conference for food protection Conference for Food Protection

 

16  standards:

 

17        (a) A food service establishment unless

 

18  1 or both of the following apply to the food establishment:

 

19        (i) It it is a licensed temporary food service establishment.

 

20        (ii) It is a vending machine.

 

21        (b) An extended retail food establishment.

 

22        (c) A food service establishment operated within a retail

 

23  grocery.

 

24        (2) Beginning January 14, 2017 and every 5 years thereafter, a

 

25  certified food safety manager who supervises the operations of a

 

26  food service establishment shall have completed a food safety

 

27  training program containing an allergen awareness component that


 1  has been approved by the department. The allergen awareness

 

 2  component may be an online program or a video. However, a certified

 

 3  food safety manager at a food service establishment with more than

 

 4  20 locations within this state may satisfy this requirement by

 

 5  completing any nationally recognized food safety training program

 

 6  containing an allergen awareness component. A food service

 

 7  establishment shall retain records on the site of the food service

 

 8  establishment documenting compliance of its certified food safety

 

 9  managers with this subsection. The department shall enforce this

 

10  subsection in the same manner that it enforces other provisions

 

11  related to certified food safety managers. This subsection applies

 

12  until December 31, 2020.

 

13        (3) An individual certified under as provided in subsection

 

14  (1) shall be recognized with full faith and credit by this state

 

15  and all local units of government throughout this state.

 

16        (4) The department may promulgate rules to do all of the

 

17  following:

 

18        (a) Develop requirements for retail food establishments to

 

19  follow when employing certified food safety managers or personnel.

 

20        (b) Set a reasonable date for compliance with the requirements

 

21  under subdivision (a) taking into consideration existing local

 

22  personnel certification requirements.

 

23        (c) Establish certification fees necessary to implement,

 

24  maintain, and track certified individuals directly or by contract.

 

25  The department may annually adjust the schedule of fees to provide

 

26  that the fee charged is sufficient to cover the cost of the

 

27  certification tracking program.


 1        (d) Implement and enforce the requirements developed under

 

 2  subdivision (a).

 

 3        (5) The certification program developed by the American

 

 4  National Standards Institute, as it exists on April 1, 2008, is

 

 5  incorporated by reference. The department may adopt updates to the

 

 6  certification program accreditation standards in subsection (1) by

 

 7  rule.

 

 8        (6) This section does not prohibit a local legislative body

 

 9  from implementing a food handler program, an employee health

 

10  certification program, or a manager certification program, if it is

 

11  not in conflict with this section.

 

12        Sec. 3113. A county, city, village, or township shall not

 

13  regulate those aspects of food service establishments or vending

 

14  machines which that are subject to regulation under this act except

 

15  to the extent necessary to carry out the responsibility of a local

 

16  health department to implement licensing provisions of chapter IV.

 

17  This chapter does not relieve the applicant for a license or a

 

18  licensee from responsibility for securing a local permit or

 

19  complying with applicable local codes, regulations, or ordinances

 

20  not in conflict with this act.

 

21        Sec. 3115. (1) A local health department shall promptly review

 

22  a license application for a food service establishment , including,

 

23  but not limited to, a vending machine location, to determine if the

 

24  application is complete and accurate. A local health department may

 

25  return an incomplete or inaccurate application to a license

 

26  applicant and request any additional information it considers

 

27  necessary to assure ensure completeness or accuracy of the


 1  application.

 

 2        (2) Subject to subsection (3), after a local health department

 

 3  determines that an application under subsection (1) is proper,

 

 4  complete, and accurate, it shall inspect the proposed or existing

 

 5  food service establishment , including, but not limited to, a

 

 6  vending machine location, to determine compliance with this act.

 

 7        (3) If a temporary food establishment will serve only low-risk

 

 8  food, instead of conducting an inspection under subsection (2), a

 

 9  local health department, based on a public health risk assessment,

 

10  may conduct an in-office consultation, including food safety

 

11  education, and operational review of the proposed temporary food

 

12  establishment with the license applicant. The person in charge of

 

13  the temporary food establishment must be present during the in-

 

14  office consultation. A local health department that conducts an in-

 

15  office consultation under this subsection may also conduct an

 

16  inspection under subsection (2).

 

17        (4) A local health department shall conduct an inspection

 

18  under subsection (2) or an in-office consultation under subsection

 

19  (3), as applicable, before it makes its recommendation to the

 

20  department on the issuance of a license.

 

21        (5) A local health department shall forward to the department

 

22  its recommendation for license approval or approval with

 

23  limitation.

 

24        Sec. 3119. (1) Except as otherwise provided for in subsection

 

25  (2), upon submission of an application, an applicant for a food

 

26  service establishment license shall pay to the local health

 

27  department having jurisdiction the required fees authorized by


 1  section 2444 of the public health code, MCL 333.2444, and an

 

 2  additional state license fee as follows:

 

 

 3

      (a) Vending machine location fee .............

$  3.00.

 4

      (a) (b) Temporary food service establishment..

$  3.00.

 5

      (b) (c) Food service establishment............

$ 22.00.

 6

      (c) (d) Mobile food establishment commissary..

$ 22.00.

 7

      (d) (e) Special transitory food unit..........

$ 35.00.

 

 

 8        (2) When licensing a special transitory food unit, a local

 

 9  health department shall impose a fee of $135.00, which includes the

 

10  additional state license fee imposed under subsection (1) unless

 

11  exempted under subsection (4) or (5).

 

12        (3) The state license fee required under subsection (1) shall

 

13  be collected by the local health department at the time the license

 

14  application is submitted. The state license fee is due and payable

 

15  by the local health department to the state within 60 days after

 

16  the fee is collected.

 

17        (4) A charitable, religious, fraternal, service, civic, or

 

18  other nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under

 

19  section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501, is

 

20  exempt from paying additional state license fees imposed under this

 

21  section. except for the vending machine location license fee. This

 

22  subsection does not restrict the ability of the governing board of

 

23  a local health department or authority to fix, revoke, or amend

 

24  fees as further authorized and described under section 2444 of the

 

25  public health code, MCL 333.2444. An organization seeking an

 

26  exemption under this subsection shall furnish to the department or

 


 1  a local health department evidence of its tax-exempt status.

 

 2        (5) A veteran who has a waiver of a license fee under the

 

 3  circumstances described in 1921 PA 359, MCL 35.441 to 35.443, is

 

 4  exempt from paying the fees prescribed in this section.

 

 5        (6) The department shall adjust on an annual basis the fees

 

 6  prescribed by subsections (1) and (2) by an amount determined by

 

 7  the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative annual percentage

 

 8  change in the Detroit consumer price index but not to exceed 5%. As

 

 9  used in this subsection, "Detroit consumer price index" means the

 

10  most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the

 

11  Detroit area from the bureau of labor statistics Bureau of Labor

 

12  Statistics of the United States department of labor Department of

 

13  Labor or its successor. The adjustment shall be rounded to the

 

14  nearest dollar to set each year's fee under this subsection, but

 

15  the absolute value shall be carried over and used to calculate the

 

16  next annual adjustment.

 

17        (7) The local health department shall forward the license

 

18  applications to the department with appropriate recommendations.

 

19        Sec. 4105. (1) Except as otherwise provided for in subsection

 

20  (2), a A person, establishment, or organization that is 1 or more

 

21  of the following is exempt from the licensure requirements under

 

22  this act:

 

23        (a) Subject to subsection (2), an establishment licensed under

 

24  1 of the following acts while conducting activities within the

 

25  scope of that act:

 

26        (i) Grain dealers act, 1939 PA 141, MCL 285.61 to

 

27  285.88.285.89.


 1        (ii) 1959 PA 228, MCL 286.371 to 286.379.

 

 2        (iii) 1964 PA 158, MCL 290.451 to 290.466.

 

 3        (iv) Grade A milk law of 2001, 2001 PA 266, MCL 288.471 to

 

 4  288.540.

 

 5        (v) Manufacturing milk law of 2001, 2001 PA 267, MCL 288.561

 

 6  to 288.740.

 

 7        (b) A person that is offering only whole uncut fresh fruits

 

 8  and vegetables directly to consumers.

 

 9        (c) Consumers or nonprofit cooperatives of consumers in

 

10  compliance with the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL

 

11  450.2101 to 450.3192, providing products from regulated sources

 

12  only for their own use.

 

13        (d) Nonprofit cooperatives in compliance with the nonprofit

 

14  corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192, who that

 

15  are growers selling unprocessed products of their own production or

 

16  are producers selling unprocessed products of their own production

 

17  from regulated sources.

 

18        (e) Retail outlets for the sale of prepackaged honey or maple

 

19  syrup produced in Michigan this state if the outlet is operated by

 

20  the producer and the processing facility is licensed under this

 

21  act. Both retail outlets and processing facilities are exempt from

 

22  licensure under this act for producers with gross sales of

 

23  $15,001.00 or less of honey or maple syrup. In such case, the honey

 

24  and maple syrup shall have labeling substantially similar to that

 

25  for cottage food products as described in section 4102(3).

 

26        (f) A temporary food establishment with no food preparation

 

27  using only single-service articles and serving only non-


 1  potentially-hazardous food or beverage.

 

 2        (g) A retail food establishment that does both of the

 

 3  following:

 

 4        (i) Only sells prepackaged, non-potentially-hazardous foods.

 

 5        (ii) Offers only an incidental amount of food, such as the

 

 6  sale of single-service packages.

 

 7        (h) A mobile food establishment, such as an ice cream truck,

 

 8  that offers only prepackaged, single-serving frozen desserts.

 

 9        (i) An event not open to the general public held by a

 

10  nonprofit trade association representing food establishments,

 

11  suppliers, or manufacturers where limited food preparation takes

 

12  place for the purpose of advertising, displaying, promoting, and

 

13  sampling prepared food.

 

14        (j) A commercial fishing guide service that serves lunch to a

 

15  party of not more than 12 clients on or adjacent to a body of

 

16  water, river, or stream while pursuing, catching, killing, taking,

 

17  or attempting to take fish. As used in this subparagraph,

 

18  "commercial fishing guide service" means a service provided for a

 

19  fee or other valuable consideration, regardless of whether the fee

 

20  or other valuable consideration is paid directly or indirectly, to

 

21  assist another person in pursuing, catching, killing, taking, or

 

22  attempting to take fish.

 

23        (k) A person owning or operating a device that dispenses only

 

24  bottled or canned soft drinks; other packaged nonperishable foods

 

25  or beverages; or bulk gum, nuts, and panned candies.

 

26        (l) Feeding operations set up in response to an emergency or

 

27  disaster.


 1        (m) A person operating as a food warehouse or food processor,

 

 2  if the food warehouse or food processor contains or handles only

 

 3  uncut fruits or vegetables, or both, and meets all of the following

 

 4  criteria:

 

 5        (i) The establishment is owned and operated by the person

 

 6  producing the fruits or vegetables, or both.

 

 7        (ii) Activities at the establishment are limited to storing,

 

 8  grading, sorting, packing, washing, trimming, and refrigerating.

 

 9        (iii) The fruits or vegetables, or both, are primarily from

 

10  the person's own production, and the balance are products of the

 

11  same genus or genera from other agricultural producers.

 

12        (iv) The food is not "potentially hazardous food

 

13  (time/temperature control for safety food)" as defined in the food

 

14  code.

 

15        (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a), a person operating as

 

16  or conducting activities the director considers to be a food

 

17  establishment must be licensed in the appropriate category under

 

18  this act.

 

19        (3) If food is prepared in a food service establishment

 

20  licensed under this chapter and the food is transported from the

 

21  food service establishment to a fixed temporary serving location,

 

22  the serving location is not required to be separately licensed and

 

23  is considered an extension of the food service establishment if no

 

24  food preparation is conducted at the serving location and the food

 

25  is transported and served by employees of the food service

 

26  establishment.

 

27        (4) If prepackaged food is transported from a food


 1  establishment licensed under this chapter , to a sales location at

 

 2  a farmers' market, fair, or festival, the sales location is not

 

 3  required to be separately licensed and is considered an extension

 

 4  of the food establishment , if the food is transported and sold by

 

 5  employees of the food establishment.

 

 6        (5) If prepackaged food is transported from a food

 

 7  establishment licensed under this chapter to 1 or more vending

 

 8  machine locations by employees of the food establishment and the

 

 9  vending machine or machines are maintained by employees of the food

 

10  establishment, the vending machine locations are not required to be

 

11  separately licensed and are considered to be an extension of the

 

12  food establishment, which shall be separately licensed. However, if

 

13  the food establishment from which the prepackaged food is

 

14  transported is located in another state, both of the following

 

15  apply:

 

16        (a) One of the vending machine locations in this state shall

 

17  be separately licensed as a food establishment.

 

18        (b) The remaining vending machine locations in this state are

 

19  not required to be separately licensed and are considered to be an

 

20  extension of the food establishment under subdivision (a).

 

21        Sec. 4111. (1) The department shall impose the following

 

22  license fees for each year or portion of a year:

 

23        (a) Retail grocery: $106.00 for 2016, $145.00 for 2017, and

 

24  $183.00 for any subsequent year.

 

25        (b) Extended retail food establishment: $271.00 for 2016,

 

26  $370.00 for 2017, and $468.00 for any subsequent year.

 

27        (c) Food processor: $271.00 for 2016, $370.00 for 2017, and


    Senate Bill No. 774 as amended May 31, 2016

 

 1  $468.00 for any subsequent year.

 

 2        (d) Limited food processor: $106.00 for 2016, $145.00 for

 

 3  2017, and $183.00 for any subsequent year.

 

 4        (e) Mobile food establishment: $183.00 for 2016, $186.00 for

 

 5  2017, and $189.00 for any subsequent year.

 

 6        (f) Temporary food establishment: $40.00 for 2016, $55.00 for

 

 7  2017, and $70.00 for any subsequent year.

 

 8        (g) Special transitory food unit: $150.00 for 2016, $153.00

 

 9  for 2017, and $156.00 for any subsequent year.

 

10        (h) Mobile food establishment commissary: $183.00 for 2016,

 

11  $186.00 for 2017, and $189.00 for any subsequent year.

 

12        (i) Food warehouse or vending company base location: $106.00

 

13  for 2016, $145.00 for 2017, and $183.00 for any subsequent year. In

 

14  addition, the operator of the vending company base location shall

 

15  pay an additional fee based on the number of vending machine

 

16  locations in this state, as follows:

 

17        <<(i) 1 TO 20 LOCATIONS, $500.00.

 

18        (ii) 21 TO 50 LOCATIONS, $750.00.

 

19        (iii) 51 TO 75 LOCATIONS, $2,000.00.

          (iv) MORE THAN 75 LOCATIONS, $3,000.00.>>

 

20  If a person operates more than 1 vending company base location in

 

21  this state, all vending machine locations served by those vending

 

22  company base locations shall be aggregated on 1 of the vending

 

23  company base location licenses for the purpose of determining the

 

24  amount of the additional fee for vending machine locations.

 

25        (j) Food service establishment: the amounts described in

 

26  subsection (2).

 

27        (2) If a local health department no longer conducts a food


 1  service program, the department, in consultation with the

 

 2  commission of agriculture and rural development, shall set the food

 

 3  sanitation fees to be imposed for the conduct of the food service

 

 4  program by the department. The fees imposed must equal, as nearly

 

 5  as possible, 1/2 of the department's cost of providing the service.

 

 6  The department may impose the service fees for up to 12 months

 

 7  after the date of cessation by the local health department. After

 

 8  the 12-month period, the department shall collect the fees only as

 

 9  authorized pursuant to an appropriation.

 

10        (3) Any license fee paid on an initial application is

 

11  nonrefundable.

 

12        (4) The department may charge a convenience fee and collect

 

13  from the applicant any additional costs associated with the method

 

14  of fee payment for the license or permit fees described in this

 

15  chapter, not to exceed the costs to the department.

 

16        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

17  after the date it is enacted into law.