"Food Allergy Awareness Act"
Food Allergy Awareness Act (HB 77)
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Summary
Amends Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to require retail food facilities to prominently display employee food-allergy-awareness posters and to include customer allergen notices on menus or other written information, and updates the state Food Code to the 2022 FDA edition.
Key Provisions
Requires each retail food facility proprietor to (1) prominently display a department-approved food allergy awareness poster in the employee area, and (2) include on the menu or other written information a notice of food allergens used in the facility and a request that customers inform staff of their food allergy. Updates the definition of 'potentially hazardous food' to match the 2022 FDA Food Code 'time/temperature control for safety food' standard. Grants the department rulemaking powers guided by the 2022 FDA Food Code.
Who This Bill Serves & Who's Backing It
Core Patient Populations
Diners with food allergies eating away from home.
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Votes & Legislative History
An act to amend the public health law and the agriculture and markets law, in relation to food intolerances
Requires food service establishments and online ordering services to provide notices to staff and customers regarding food allergies and intolerances.
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to allergy awareness and training in restaurants
Requires food service establishments to provide allergy awareness training to staff and display information regarding major food allergens.
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