This section includes regulatory information, fact sheets and guidance for food safety practices in retail and foodservice operations, including farmers markets.
In the United States, state and local regulatory agencies are responsible for the regulation of restaurants and retail food stores. Regulatory oversight is in line with federal food safety initiatives. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assists state and local regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate by providing a model Food Code. This Food Code provides science-based guidance for reducing risk factors that are known to cause or contribute to foodborne illness outbreaks associated with retail foodservice establishments. Local, state, tribal, and federal regulators use the FDA Food Code as a model to develop or update their own food safety rules and to be consistent with national food regulatory policy. In Rhode Island, the Department of Health (RIDOH), Center for Food Protection is the regulatory agency responsible for the oversight of all retail food service operations.
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