LA County Board

74. County Code, Title 8 - Consumer Protection, Business and Wage\nRegulations and Title 11 - Health and Safety Code, Microenterprise Home\nKitchen Operations Program Ordinance Amendment\nOrdinance for adoption amending County Code, Title 8 - Consumer Protection,\nBusiness and Wage Regulations and Title 11 - Health and Safety Code, to\nregulate Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO) and Cottage Food\nOperations, the ordinance authorizes the permitting of MEHKO in the\nincorporated and unincorporated areas of the County except within the Cities of\nLong Beach, Pasadena, and Vernon, pursuant to California Health and Safety\nCode Section 114367; authorizes the Department of Public Health to administer\nthe MEHKO Ordinance; defines a MEHKO as a home-based food business that\nallows approved individuals to prepare and sell meals onsite and directly to a\nconsumer as further described in California Health and Safety Code Section\n113825; provides for an application and permitting process, including an initial\nhome evaluation, to ensure the home kitchen can support the proposed food\noperation; allows for determination of a permitted area for the MEHKO, which\nmay include the home kitchen, onsite consumer eating areas, food and other\nstorage, equipment, toilet rooms, janitor and cleaning facilities, and refuse\nareas as authorized by California Health and Safety Code Section 114367.2\nand the Department of Public Health; establishes an initial application fee and\nan annual permit fee required to operate a MEHKO; allows for MEHKOs to\nserve as a commissary for up to two Compact Mobile Food Operations, as long\nas they are owned by the same permitholder; if approved to serve as a\ncommissary, the number of meals that a MEHKO can prepare in a week and\nthe gross sales per year limit is expanded; adds requirements for a Cottage\nFood Operation to align with the California Health and Safety Code and clarifies\nthe potable water requirements for these operations; requires the Department of\nPublic Health to provide notice to cities of any approved MEHKOs in their\njurisdiction along with any permit revocation or suspensions; and update its\nwebsite within 15 days of issuance of a permit. ADOPT (24-1607)