Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County

Major food allergens. (Updated)

Sesame was added to the list of allergens: milk, egg, fish (such as bass, flounder, cod, and including crustacean shellfish such as crab lobster or shrimp), tree nuts (such as almonds, pecans, or walnuts), wheat, peanuts soybeans and sesame.

Person in charge duties—allergens (Updated)

Employees are properly trained in food safety, including food allergy awareness, as it relates to their assigned duties. Food allergy awareness includes describing foods identified as major food allergens and the symptoms that a major food allergen could cause in a sensitive individual who has an allergic reaction.

Written notice of allergens (NEW)

The license holder will notify consumers by written notification of the presence of major food allergens as an ingredient in unpackaged food items that are served or sold to the consumer. Only allergens used in the operation should be listed.

Use of bandages, finger cots, or finger stalls (Updated)

If used, an impermeable cover such as a bandage, finger cot or finger stall located on the wrist, hand or finger of a food employee working with exposed food will be covered with a single-use glove.

Person in charge duties—thawing (NEW)

Food employees are properly maintaining the temperature of time/temperature controlled for safety foods during thawing through daily oversight of the food employee’s routine monitoring of food temperatures.

Molluscan shellfish maintaining identification. (Updated)

The identity of the source of molluscan shellfish that are sold or served is to be maintained by retaining product tags, or labels, or invoices for ninety calendar days from the date that is recorded on the tag, or label, or invoice.