RE: Food Handler Card Exemption for ENP
Dear AAA Directors and AAA RD,
This email is to update you on the current status of SB 303, Food Safety: food handlers. We had been concerned that Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP) employees and volunteers maybe required to obtain a food handler card.
SB 303 was amended July 11, 2011 to include the Elderly Nutrition program as one of the stated exceptions from this requirement.
“This section shall not apply to a food handler who is employed by any of the following: . . . An elderly nutrition program, administered by the California Department of Aging, pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. Sec 3001 et seq.) as amended.”
SB 303 has been referred to the consent calendar. It is a an urgent bill and is moving quickly through the house. If passed, it will exclude ENP employees and volunteers from the requirement for a food handler card.
I will notify you on any changes to SB 303 that impact ENP. Please let me know if you have further questions,
Beth Sloane