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Calidfornia Home and retail Food Business Resources

Calidfornia Home and retail Food Business Resources

Fact Sheets

• Controlling Food Allergens (PDF)

• Cooking Raw Meats (PDF)

• Cyclospora Fact Sheet (PDF)

• Foodborne Pathogens and Illnesses (PDF)

• Safe Food Handling Practices (PDF)

Online Food Safety Training

• Good Manufacturing Practices Internet Course

• Seafood HACCP Alliance Internet Training

• Sprout Safety Alliance

 

Regulations and Statutes

California Retail Food Code (PDF)

Good Manufacturing Practices for the Food Industry, Resource Document (PDF)

Food Recalls: Essentials for Action, Resource Document (PDF)

Good Manufacturing Practices for Food (PDF)

Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventative Controls for Human Food (PDF)

Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law (PDF)

• California Retail Food Code (PDF)

• Good Manufacturing Practices for the Food Industry, Resource Document (PDF)

• Food Recalls: Essentials for Action, Resource Document (PDF)

• Good Manufacturing Practices for Food (PDF)

• Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventative Controls for Human Food (PDF)

• Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law (PDF)

Certificates and Licenses

• Applications for Licenses and Certificates

Guidelines

Guidelines

• Allergens (PDF)

• Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) (PDF)

• Food Defense and Security

• Food Donations (PDF)

• General Food Labeling Requirements (PDF)

• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) (PDF)

• Produce Safety

• Raw Milk - Risk and Recommendations

• Single Use Plastic Straw Ban at Full Service Restaurants (PDF)

• Sulfites (PDF)

California Food Programs

• Cannery Inspection Program

• Cold Storage Facilities

• Cottage Food Operations

• Dietary Supplements

• Frozen Food Locker Facilities

• Juice

• Lead in Candy

• Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations

• Olive Oil

• Organic Food Processors

• Pet Food (PDF)

• Processed Food Registration

• Retail Food Program

• Seafood and Shellfish Safety

• Water Bottlers, Haulers, Distributors, and Vendors

Certificates and Licenses

• Applications for Licenses and Certificates

California Food Related Agencies

• Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)

• Department of Public Health - Division of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC)

• Environmental Protection Agency (Cal EPA)