7/9/2008 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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i Ak TOWN OF MASHPEE BOARD OF HEALTH - PUBLIC MEETING Minutes of the !Meeting of Wednesday,1, u ly 9, 2009 Board Members Present. Also Present, Lucy B. Burton, Chairman Glen Darrington: Health Agent Burton Kaplan, Vice Chairman Kalliope E loff, Cleric Chairman Lucy Burton called the meeting to order at 7:06 PM. APPOINTMENTS 7:15 P —1 Public Hearin —DRAFT Food Services "Take-Out/Take-Away" or "Ready-to-Eat" Regulation Lucy Burton welcomed to the BOIL Public Tearing a group of about a dozen representatives from local restaurants and fo d vendors. Lucy Burton stated that the propose � d BC H r e.lation was still very much in draft form and was something that the Board had been discussing for the past year. Lucy Burton stated further that the rose of the reguiation was simply to educate consumers about food safety if they urchase a food item, either a take-out item or take-away leftover from meal were eaten at a restaurant, so that they wouid know how ions that item would be safe out of temperature control before it{needed to be refrigerated. The BOH is recommending that sticker or some sort of writing on the packaging b used to indicate the time and date of removal from temperature control: the time it was sold, and a recommendation to eat within-two hours orrefrigerate within four hours. Lucy Burton stated that the Board was hoping to get input from the local food establishments and welcomed their idem and thoughts about the proposed regulation. Burton Kaplan made the following amendment to the draft: Page 1, paragraph 1, line 2, delete the words to be adopted. Michael-Flahe , General Manager of The Roche Brothers location in Mashpee, � tic introduced hisetf and asked why the regulation would have a requirement for spec time and temperature notification of when the food was prepared, knowing that Roche ,others has no control over the product once it leaves his establishment. Lucy Burton replied that an informative sticker would inform the consumer of the time and date it was prepared and would recommend refrigeration within four hours if not consumed. IIIb. Flaherty stated that Roche Brothers is liable for what they are in control of in the store, not after it leaves the store. Philip Panasci owner of Pizza Prima, introduced himself to the Board. He stated that Ph p the regulation wound translate into the equivalent of doubling his rent or utilities costs. He stated that it would add a whole new layer of overhead to small business establishments hments that are already struggling in the current economic climate. Ander the proposal, the eateries would have to clearly label every package of food that goes out with the date of re ara ion and the time of sale, as cell s a reminder of when the door p p to refrigerate the food.