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137D.2 LICENSES AND INSPECTIONS.
1. A person shall not open or operate a home food establishment
until a license has been obtained from the department of inspections
and appeals. The department shall collect a fee of thirty-three
dollars and seventy-five cents for a license. After collection, the
fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. A license
shall expire one year from date of issue. A license is renewable.
2. A person shall not sell or distribute from a home food
establishment if the home food establishment is unlicensed, the
license of the home food establishment is suspended, or the food
fails to meet standards adopted for such food by the department.
3. An application for a license under this chapter shall be made
upon a form furnished by the department and shall contain the items
required by it according to rules adopted by the department.
4. The department shall regulate, license, and inspect home food
establishments according to standards adopted by rule.
5. The department shall provide for the periodic inspection of a
home food establishment. The inspector may enter the home food
establishment at any reasonable hour to make the inspection. The
department shall inspect only those areas related to preparing food
for sale.
6. The department shall regulate and inspect food prepared at a
home food establishment according to standards adopted by rule. The
inspection may occur at any place where the prepared food is created,
transported, or stored for sale or resale. Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1220, §8
C89, § 170C.2
C91, § 137D.2
2007 Acts, ch 215, §209
