R70-540-5. Registration Categories

(1) Each food establishment shall belong to only one of the four categories that have been established.

(2) A food establishment with multiple processing areas at the same physical address and under the same ownership will be evaluated and placed in a single category.

(3) A separate registration is required for each business owner operating under a letter of authorization.

(4) Grocery stores offering food as defined in Section 4-5-2(6) to consumers shall be categorized based on the following schedule:

TABLE I

     Inspectable Square Process Category

     Footage Areas/Employees

(a) less than 1000 4 or fewer employees small

(b) 1000-5000 limited food processing medium

(c) 1000-50,000 2 or fewer food large

                           processing areas

(d) greater than 50,000 more than 2 food super

                           processing areas

(5) Food or beverage manufacturing, processing, or packaging plants shall be categorized based on the following schedule:

TABLE II

     Inspectable Square Process Category

     Footage Areas/Employees

(a) less than 1000 4 or fewer employees small

(b) 1000-5000 limited food processing medium

(c) 1000-20,000 2 or fewer food large

                           processing areas

(d) greater than 20,000 more than 2 food super

                           processing areas

(6) Cold or dry storage warehouses or other types of food storage facilities shall be categorized based on the following schedule:

TABLE III

             Inspectable Square Footage Category

(a) Less than 1000 small

(b) 1000-5000 medium

(c) 1000-50,000 large

(d) greater than 50,000 super

(7) A water vending machine owner or company shall be categorized as follows:

TABLE IV

               Number of Water Vending Category

(a) ten or fewer small

(b) eleven or more medium

(c) as a grocery store as indicated in R70-540-5(4), Table I, (a)-(d) when their primary purpose is to vend water.

(8) For mobile vendors, each vehicle or truck that sells prepackaged, potentially hazardous food items shall be categorized as a small.

(9) A temporary or seasonal business at an individual location shall be typed as a grocery store as indicated in R70-540-5(4), Table I, (a)-(d).

(10) A farmer's market shall be exempt from the registration fee pursuant to Title 4-5(2)(9)(b).

(11) An establishment or operation calling itself a farmer's market, but which does not meet the definition of farmer's market in R70-540-4(b) shall be typed as one grocery store as indicated in R70-540-5(4), Table I, (a)-(d).