PASSED

This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s Health Code to remove the requirement that mobile food vendor licenses be renewed every six months; licenses generally remain in force for one year unless revoked. It also requires food workers to wear protective gloves and suitable head coverings or hair restraints when required by Board of Health regulations, affecting food establishments that prepare and sell certain non-prepackaged potentially hazardous foods.

Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," to eliminate the requirement of semiannual license renewal for mobile food vendors and to provide for protective gloves and head coverings as established in regulations of the Board of Health, all under certain terms and conditions.