Announcements

Proposed Amendments to the Regulations of the Washoe County District Board of Health Governing Food Establishments
Proposed updates to the current food establishment regulations

Reno, NV – The Environmental Health Services (EHS) Division of the Washoe County Health District (WCHD) would like to invite you to attend a workshop to learn about the proposed amendments to our 2015 regulations governing food establishments. The WCHD is proposing deletion of sections 240.060 and 240.065 related to grades and grading of food establishments , addition of provisions, as well as minor edits and formatting corrections. The purpose of the workshops is to provide businesses and individuals affected by these regulation amendments additional information and opportunity for input. Feedback collected at these workshops will be used to develop recommendations for the District Board of Health (DBOH), who will then be notified of the proposed changes and will subsequently hold a Public Hearing where they may take action. The public will have the opportunity to speak at these meetings.

The workshops will be held on the following dates:

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 @ 5:30 PM

Thursday, June 9, 2016 @ 1:30 PM

Location: South Auditorium of the WCHD (Building B) at 1001 E. Ninth Street, Reno, Nevada

The Notice of Proposed Changes will be presented to the DBOH on Thursday, July 28 @ 1:00 PM.

Location: Board of County Commissioners Chambers at 1001 E. Ninth Street, Reno, Nevada

The Public Hearing will be held as part of the DBOH monthly meeting on Thursday, August 25, 2016 @ 1:00 PM.

Location: Board of County Commissioners Chambers at 1001 E. Ninth Street, Reno, Nevada

The proposed regulation changes are available at  https://www.washoecounty.us/health/files/regulations/ehs/FoodRegsInspectionFormUpdateMay2016.pdf

For more information on food safety and upcoming workshops please email foodsafety@washoecounty.us, and follow on us on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/wchdehs.

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