PRINTER'S NO. 3234
No. 2375 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, COLAIZZO, YANDRISEVITS, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN,
BORTNER, McCALL, RYBAK, MORRIS, MRKONIC, COHEN, KOSINSKI,
HARPER, GIGLIOTTI, PESCI, HERMAN, LANGTRY, CORRIGAN, FOX,
STISH, PRESSMANN, FREEMAN, SERAFINI, DeLUCA, TRELLO, RAYMOND
AND BELARDI, MARCH 26, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, MARCH 26, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.926, No.369), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act for the protection of the public health by
3 regulating the conduct and operation of public eating and
4 drinking places within this Commonwealth; requiring their
5 licensing; imposing certain duties on the Department of
6 Environmental Resources of this Commonwealth and on the local
7 health authorities; and providing penalties," requiring food
8 handlers to wear nonreusable sanitary gloves when handling
9 food.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 9 of the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.926,
13 No.369), referred to as the Public Eating and Drinking Place
14 Law, is amended to read:
15 Section 9. In every public eating or drinking place,
16 kitchens, dining rooms, cellars, ice-boxes, refrigerators and
17 all places where foods are prepared, kept or stored and all
18 kitchen-ware, table-ware, glass-ware, cutlery, utensils,
19 containers or other utensils and machinery used in moving,
20 handling, cutting, mixing, preparing or serving foods shall be
1 kept in a clean and sanitary condition and be protected from
2 dust, dirt, insects and vermin in the manner prescribed by the
3 regulations of the department. The clothing and hands of
4 employes shall at all times be clean and sanitary. In addition,
5 employes shall wear nonreusable sanitary gloves when handling
6 food. No domestic pets or other animals shall be permitted where
7 food or drink is prepared, handled or stored. No person shall be
8 permitted to use for sleeping purposes any room or place in any
9 public eating or drinking place which is regularly and
10 customarily used for the preparation, handling, storing or
11 serving of food.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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