Rule 3337-47-10 | On-campus temporary food service practices.
The version of this rule that includes live links to associated resources is online at
https://www.ohio.edu/policy/47-010.html
(A) Overview
This policy ensures that basic food sanitation requirements and practices are incorporated into temporary food service locations on campus, whether the food be for sale or gratis.
When foods are to be prepared or served by organized university groups for special meals or events of a temporary nature the department of environmental health and safety should be notified at least forty-eight hours in advance. Notification should include a statement in writing of what foods are to be prepared, where they are to be prepared, who is to prepare them, where they are to be served, and where they are to be refrigerated, if necessary, or otherwise protected against contamination or spoilage between the time of preparation and serving. A method must be provided for patron and worker hand-washing.
A completed "Permit to Sell/Serve Food on Campus" shall be sufficient for the above required written notification. The approved permit must be displayed at the sale or serving site.
Informal, small-group, "pot-luck" events in which no money changes hands (neither as "donation" nor as "price") are not subject to the requirements of this policy, but the participants are encouraged to notify environmental health and safety of the planned activity, and to follow safe food-handling practices.
Policy 47.015 may also apply.
(B) Process
It is necessary that all food products be prepared, held, and handled in as safe and sanitary a manner as possible. The food should be prepared in an approved food preparation area such as a university kitchen, a residence hall kitchen, or in some licensed food establishment other than at the university. This forbids the preparation of the food in the homes of individuals (with the possible exception of baked goods and potlucks as exempted above).
Acceptable places where food may be prepared for sale or gratis distribution on campus are:
(1) Any licensed location such as a university kitchen, church kitchen, commercial kitchen, fraternity or sorority, etc.
(2) The small university student kitchens located at Nelson, Bryan, Brough, Hoover, and Voigt halls.
(3) The kitchens in resident directors' apartments.
Foods such as hotdogs, hamburgers, steaks, etc., may, of course, be cooked outside at the location where they are to be sold or served, if the location and handling procedures are satisfactory, and refrigeration is available in an acceptable form, and an onsite hand-washing facility is provided.
An exception to the above may be made for products that are not of a potentially hazardous nature, such as baked goods (cookies, brownies, etc.), at the discretion of environmental health and safety. If in doubt about the need for a permit, contact the department of environmental health and safety for guidance, or visit their web site, https://www.ohio.edu/riskandsafety/ehs/.
The above criteria shall not apply to licensed food service operations, which in the course of routine business operations provide delivery services of their products to residence halls, etc. However these businesses shall complete and submit for approval the "Permit to Sell/Serve Food on Campus" for various special events such as festivals, etc., of a temporary nature.
The version of this rule that includes live links to associated resources is online at
https://www.ohio.edu/policy/47-010.html
Supplemental Information