12VAC5-421-55. Certified food protection manager

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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 Health › Agency 5 Department of Health › Chapter 421 › 12VAC5-421-55

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A. At least one employee with supervisory and management responsibility and the authority to direct and control food preparation and service shall be a certified food protection manager, demonstrating proficiency of required knowledge and information through passing a test that is part of an accredited program.

B. This section does not apply to food establishments that serve only non-time/temperature control for safety food and food establishments that store and prepare food only to the extent that they reheat or cold hold commercially processed, fully cooked time/temperature control for safety foods. Food establishments exempt from the certified food protection manager requirement may not cool time/temperature control for safety foods.

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12VAC5-421-55. Certified food protection manager · 12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-421-55 | Frix