SECTIONS 114252-114252.1 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 114252-114252.1

114252. In every room and area in which any food is prepared,
manufactured, processed, or prepackaged, or in which equipment or
utensils are cleaned, sufficient natural or artificial lighting shall
be provided to produce the following light intensity, while the area
is in use:
(a) At least 10 foot candles for the following:
(1) At a distance of 30 inches above the floor, in walk-in
refrigeration units and dry food storage areas.
(2) At a working surface on which alcoholic beverages are prepared
or where utensils used in the preparation or service of alcoholic
beverages are cleaned.
(3) Inside equipment, such as reach-in or under-the-counter
refrigerators.
(b) At least 20 foot candles for the following:
(1) At a surface where food is provided for consumer self-service
or where fresh produce or prepackaged foods are sold or offered for
consumption.
(2) In server stations where food is prepared.
(3) At a distance of 30 inches above the floor in areas used for
handwashing, warewashing, and equipment and utensil storage, and in
toilet rooms.
(4) In all areas and rooms during periods of cleaning.
(c) Except in server stations where food is prepared, at least 50
foot candles at a surface where a food employee is working with food
or working with utensils or equipment such as knives, slicers,
grinders, or saws where employee safety is a factor.

114252.1. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), light bulbs
shall be shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant in areas
where there is nonprepackaged ready-to-eat food, clean equipment,
utensils, and linens, or unwrapped single-use articles.
(b) Shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant bulbs need
not be used in areas used only for storing prepackaged food in
unopened packages, if the integrity of the packages cannot be
affected by broken glass falling onto them and the packages are
capable of being cleaned of debris from broken bulbs before the
packages are opened.
(c) Infrared and other heat lamps shall be protected against
breakage by a shield surrounding and extending beyond the bulb so
that only the face of the bulb is exposed, or by using approved
coated shatter resistant bulbs.