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Consumer Advisory Regulatory Guidance

Related topics: Business Operation/Consumer Advisory/Food Establishment/Food Safety

This page provides consumer advisory laws and guidance for food establishments, focusing on requirements for informing customers about the risks associated with consuming raw or undercooked foods, along with compliance guidelines and advisory wording for food safety.

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Alaska

Consumer Advisory

Arizona

FOOD, RECREATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SANITATION GO TO: PAGE 73 3-603.11

Colorado

COLORADO RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS GO TO: PAGE 51 3-8 Consumer Advisory
Guidance – Complying with Consumer Advisory Requirements

Connecticut

Compliance Guide for the Food Service Inspection Form GO TO: PAGE 5 3.k. (1) (2) (5) PAGE 7 m

Delaware

Information for Food Establishment Permit Holders and Persons-In-Charge

Georgia

Consumer Advisory

Hawaii

DO YOU OFFER RAW OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS ON YOUR MENU?

Indiana

Consumer Advisory for the consumption of raw or under-cooked foods of animal origin

Iowa

Food Handling and Service GO TO: (31.12(2) e)

Kansas

Food Safety Educational Materials GO TO: Consumer Advisory Assistance

Louisiana

Food Safety for Seafood

Maine

Consumer Advisory State of Maine Food Code
STATE OF MAINE FOOD CODE GO TO: PAGE 75 3-603 Consumer Advisory

Maryland

CONSUMER ADVISORY REQUIREMENTS

Massachusetts

Purpose and Definitions GO TO: PAGE 47 3-603 Consumer Advisory

Michigan

Michigan Modified Food Code GO TO: PAGE Index 93 3-603.11

Minnesota

REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMING CUSTOMERS

Montana

Top 10 Things To Know GO TO: 8. A Consumer Advisory will…

Nebraska

REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS IN NEBRASKA GO TO:PAGE 80 3.603.11

Nevada

Food Establishments GO TO: NAC 446.188 Consumer warnings; dating information

New Mexico

NM Environment Department Retail and Manufactured Food Field Guide GO TO: PAGE 101 3-603.11

Oklahoma

Consumption of animal foods that are raw, under-cooked, or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens (pg. 75, 310:257-5-69)

Oregon

Consumer Advisory

Rhode Island

Consumer Advisories

South Carolina

Tennessee

RULES OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES GO TO: PAGE 65 (c) Consumer Advisory

Texas

Texas Administrative Code

Virginia

Consumer Advisories must be available to consumers

Washington

Consumer advisory—Consumption of animal foods that are raw, undercooked, or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens (2009 FDA Food Code 3-603.11).

Wisconsin

Food Code Fact Sheet

Wyoming

CONSUMER ADVISORY
Food Rule GO TO: PAGE 3-36 Section 67

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