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Food Code 1997

1997 Recommendations of the United States Public Health Service
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The Food Code consists of model requirements for safeguarding public health and ensuring food unadulterated and honestly presented when offered to the consumer.

This model is offered for adoption by local, state, and federal governmental jurisdictions for administration by the various departments, agencies, bureaus, divisions, and other units within each jurisdiction which have been delegated compliance responsibilities for food service, retail food stores, or food vending operations.

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