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Issue Number: Council I 013
Issue History
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Title
Adding Utensils and other Food Contact Items to 7-203.11
Issue you would like the Conference to consider
Section 7-203.11 of the 2017 Food Code prohibits FOOD from being stored or transported in, or dispensed from, "A container previously used to store POISONOUS OR TOXIC MATERIALS...". The same prohibition should also explicitly apply to EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, LINENS, SINGLE-SERVICE, or SINGLE-USE ARTICLES.
Public Health Significance
UTENSILS that contact containers previously used with POISONOUS OR TOXIC MATERIALS could pick up residues of the POISONOUS OR TOXIC MATERIALS. The 2017 Food Code prohibits the use of such containers with FOOD but does not explicitly extend that prohibition to EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, LINENS, SINGLE-SERVICE, or SINGLE-USE ARTICLES. The addition of EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, LINENS, SINGLE-SERVICE, or SINGLE-USE ARTICLES to 7-203.11 will add clarity and help protect public health by making it clear that EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, LINENS, SINGLE-SERVICE, or SINGLE-USE ARTICLES could also be contaminated if they contact containers that have previously been used to store POISONOUS OR TOXIC MATERIALS.
Recommended Solution: The Conference recommends...
The Conference recommends that a letter be sent to the FDA requesting that Section 7-203.11 of the most current edition of the Food Code be amended as follows (new language is underlined; existing language to be deleted is in strikethrough format):
A container previously used to store POISONOUS OR TOXIC MATERIALS may not be used to store, transport, or dispense FOOD, EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, LINENS, and SINGLE-SERVICE or SINGLE-USE ARTICLES. P
