Utah Admin. Code R70-540-5 - Registration Categories

(1) Each food establishment shall belong to only one of the four categories that have been established.

(2) A food establishment with multiple processing areas at the same physical address and under the same ownership will be evaluated and placed in a single category.

(3) A separate registration is required for each business owner operating under a letter of authorization.

(4) Grocery stores offering food as defined in Section 4-5-2(6) to consumers shall be categorized based on the following schedule:

Table I
	Inspectable Square Footage	Process Areas/Employees	Category
(a)	less than 1000	4 or fewer employees	small
(b)	1000-5000	limited food processing	medium
(c)	1000-50,000	2 or fewer food processing areas	large
(d)	greater than 50,000	more than 2 food processing areas	super

(5) Food or beverage manufacturing, processing, or packaging plants shall be categorized based on the following schedule:

Table II
	Inspectable Square Footage	Process Areas/Employees	Category
(a)	less than 1000	4 or fewer employees	small
(b)	1000-5000	limited food processing	medium
(c)	1000-20,000	2 or fewer food processing areas	large
(d)	greater than 20,000	more than 2 food processing areas	super

(6) Cold or dry storage warehouses or other types of food storage facilities shall be categorized based on the following schedule:

Table III
	Inspectable Square Footage	Category
(a)	less than 1000	small
(b)	1000-5000	medium
(c)	1000-20,000	large
(d)	greater than 20,000	super

(7) A water vending machine owner or company shall be categorized as follows:

Table IV
	Number of Water Vending	Category
(a)	ten or fewer	small
(b)	eleven or more	medium

(c) as a grocery store as indicated in R70-540-5(4), Table I, (a)-(d) when their primary purpose is to vend water.

(8) For mobile vendors, each vehicle or truck that sells prepackaged, potentially hazardous food items shall be categorized as a small.

(9) A temporary or seasonal business at an individual location shall be typed as a grocery store as indicated in R70-540-5(4), Table I, (a)-(d).

(10) A farmer's market shall be exempt from the registration fee pursuant to Title 4-5(2)(9)(b).

(11) An establishment or operation calling itself a farmer's market, but which does not meet the definition of farmer's market in R70-540-4(b) shall be typed as one grocery store as indicated in R70-540-5(4), Table I, (a)-(d).

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Utah Admin. Code R70-540-5