Position Statements
Position statements are policy documents to clarify how to interpret or enforce a law or rule. They are not enforceable on their own, but are intended to promote uniform interpretation and enforcement of the underlying law or rule.
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Food Protection and Facilities - Updated 01/13/20
Food Protection Program
- Act to Allow Food Stands to Provide Tables and Chairs for Customers to use while Consuming Drinks or Food upon the Premises (PDF, 66 KB)
- Bed and Breakfast Homes: Changes in Definition and On-site Wastewater Treatment System Requirements (PDF, 190 KB)
- Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Certified Food Protection Manager Implementation (PDF, 261 KB)
- Cooking Schools: When is a cooking school exempt and when is a food establishment permit required? (PDF, 65 KB)
- Cultivated Mushrooms in North Carolina Food Establishments (PDF, 91 KB)
- Design Daily Sewage Flow for a Food Establishment Served by an Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal System (PDF, 180 KB)
- Design Daily Sewage Flow for Mobile Food Units, Pushcarts and their Commissaries served by an On-site Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal System (PDF, 246 KB)
- Donated Food (PDF, 93 KB)
- Electrolyzed Water, Electrochemically Activated Water, and Electro-Activated Water Generated On-Site (PDF, 338 KB)
- Expanded Food Service for Pushcarts or Mobile Food Units (PDF, 103 KB)
- Food and Beverage Jurisdiction Chart (PDF, 149 KB)
- Food Protection and Facilities Branch Correspondence (PDF, 244 KB)
- HACCP Plan Review for Franchised or Chain Food Establishments (PDF, 193 KB)
- HACCP/Variance Verification and Enforcement Guidance (PDF, 76 KB)
- Limited Food Services at Lodging Facilities (PDF, 153 KB)
- Mobile Food Unit Commissaries (PDF, 73 KB)
- NSF/ANSI Standards and Requirements for Barbecue Cookers (PDF, 264 KB)
- Outdoor Grills at Food Establishments (PDF, 104 KB)
- Packaged Food (PDF, 128 KB)
- Packaged Foods and Labeling in Food Establishments (PDF, 328 KB)
- Permit and Transitional Permit Guidance (PDF, 104 KB)
- Added 01/13/20: Private Club and Brewery Definition Changes - January 10, 2020 (PDF, 281 KB)
- Raw Eggs in Food Establishments Serving a Highly Susceptible Population (PDF, 74 KB)
- Revised Marking Instructions (PDF, 26 KB)
- Shared-Use Kitchen Guidance (PDF, 260 KB)
- Use of Power Tools in Temporary Food Establishments (TFE) (PDF, 325 KB)
- Warewashing Facilities in Existing Food Establishments and Guidance for New Permits (PDF, 189 KB)
- Wastewater Permit Exemption for Small-Scale Processing of Agricultural Products (PDF, 186 KB)
- Wild Foraged Mushrooms in North Carolina Food Establishments (PDF, 162 KB)
Inspections, Statistics, and Fees Program
Plan Review Unit
On-Site Water Protection
On-Site Wastewater Program
- Approved Configuration for Prefabricated Permeable Panel Block Systems (PPPBS) (PDF, 86 KB)
- Bed and Breakfast Homes: Changes in Definition and On-site Wastewater Treatment System Requirements (PDF, 190 KB)
- Bored Wells Considered to be Cased Wells (Minimum horizontal separation distance between bored wells and ground absorption sewage treatment and disposal systems) (PDF, 98 KB)
- Certification Requirements for Contractors Who Install or Repair Grease Traps, Tanks, Interceptors or Separators (PDF, 275 KB)
- Design Daily Sewage Flow for a Food Establishment Served by an Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal System (PDF, 180 KB)
- Design Daily Sewage Flow for Mobile Food Units, Pushcarts and their Commissaries served by an On-site Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal System (PDF, 246 KB)
- Expanded Design Daily Flow Exemption for Low-Flow Design Alternatives for Wastewater Systems (PDF, 71 KB)
- Implementation of Session Law 2018-114 (HB 374) Sections 9-12 Provisions (PDF, 478 KB); Soil/Site Evaluation for On-Site Wastewater System (PDF, 209 KB)
- Updated 09/12/22: Implementation of Session Law 2022-11 (PDF, 1 MB); IP-CA From GS 130A-335(a2) - Fillable (PDF, 262 KB)
- Low-Flow Design Alternatives for Wastewater Systems (PDF, 151 KB)
- Residential Wastewater Systems (RWTS) Operator Requirements (Revision) (PDF, 290 KB)
- Session Law (S.L.) 2015-147: Amendments to Rules: 15A NCAC 18A .1945(b), 15A NCAC 18A .1956(7)(d), Repeal of Rule: 15A NCAC 18A .1956(6)(c) (PDF, 292 KB)
- Validity of Wastewater System Authorization to Construct (AC) (PDF, 102 KB)
- Wastewater Permit Exemption for Small-Scale Processing of Agricultural Products (PDF, 186 KB)
- Wastewater System Permit Extension (PDF, 293 KB)
Private Drinking Water Wells Program
Children's Environmental Health Branch
