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Show County Health Board Okar Food Senice Regulations i By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON The Davis County Health Board has approved a revised food code covering everything from reheating food to dispensing of milk and cream. IN ADDITION, food establishments estab-lishments will be set on a 100 point inspection system and receive deductions from that total for problem areas rather than receive negative points below zero, explained Environmental En-vironmental Health Director Richard E. Harvey, who is also acting health director. The board approved the revision re-vision in a unanimous vote Tuesday morning during their regular monthly meeting in Farmington. That came on the heels of a public hearing where Board Member Grant Steed was available to answer any questions from the public. No one else attended and no pub-. lie comment was received. OUTLINING contents of the code Mr. Harvey said it was patterned after the state code and included working "very closely" with the State Restaurant Association. A new inspection form has been prepared, reducing the number of items checked from 118 to 44, he said. The county will be tied into the state computer com-puter and notification will be provided as to when businesses busines-ses should be inspected. "THE COMPUTER will show what the infractions were the last time. We give them (businesses) formal notice on problems and they are expected to comply at different dif-ferent times and establishments establish-ments will also have a clearer idea of where they're going," Mr. Harvey said. The health department will remain as the enforcing agency and can order a food business closed "if he (health authority) determines a serious health hazard exists," the code says. IN OTHER business, the board received proposed swimming pool regulations w ith board input and a public hearing to be set later. The proposed code is recommended re-commended by the state health division and is an update on Davis County's code enacted in 1964, Mr. Harvey said. "THERE HAVE been a lot of changes in the techniques of . pool operation (since 1964). We've been innovative, a lead- er in the state but our old code doesn't deal with the new ways." The number of pools the health department must inspect in-spect has risen from 23 sixteen years ago to about 60 now and the number and types of pools keeps growing, he said. DESCRIBING the proposed revision as an update Delane McGarvey said it "addresses what is on the market. A public pool is defined as one where more than four families use it plus waterslides, wave pools (Lagoon is thinking about getting get-ting one) and hot tubs are now addressed (among others). The proposal also outlines protection to the public, design and construction, operation and maintenance. "The old code told how to construct pools and in this code we tried to include how to construct efficiently but how to keep it clear that's the major concern." con-cern." HE SAID a yearly inspection fee is being considered, chiefly for water analysis and said the health board could set such a fee. "This follows the guidelines of the national code," Mr. Harvey said, and was formulated formu-lated together with contractors. contrac-tors. "The present state code doesn't address some problems. prob-lems. The most important thing in the pool is to get it designed right and to get the proper circulation. You can't make an improper pool work right easily when it was don wrong (construction)." PRIVATE POOLS aren't normally ch... "nce 15 p4' quested, Mr u ; , In?therC: frm, Bryant ?d 3,300 veh 1 decked i -months. ..SOME 40 P, ailed to meet i." but he added f. were made cor. dards would be U rent standards climb in the'Co,. f 8as consumm,", , creased, Mr f v with 15 "ozones,'' ported in the lav; . |