Opinion No. (1997)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE BRUCE McPHERSON, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question: For purposes of the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, does a "temporary food facility" include a food facility operating out of temporary facilities at a fixed location one day each week in close proximity to and in conjunction with a certified farmers' market? CONCLUSION For purposes of the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, a "temporary food facility" does not include a food facility operating out of temporary facilities at a fixed location one day each week in close proximity to and in conjunction with a certified farmers' market. ANALYSIS The California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law (Health Saf. Code, §§ 113700 -114455; "CURFFL") 1 provides uniform statewide health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities. (§ 113705 .) Its purpose is "to assure the people of this state that food will be pure, safe, and unadulterated." ( Ibid .) The question presented for resolution concerns whether a food facility operating out of temporary…