Redwood City, CA Public Health Rules: Food Handler Certification (2026)

070 governs Tier One commercial edible food generators, such as supermarkets and grocery stores of 10,000 square feet or more, food service providers, food distributors, and wholesale food vendors, effective January 1, 2022, and Tier Two generators, such as large restaurants, hotels, health facilities, and large venues, effective January 1, 2024. 9, if a Tier One or Tier Two generator self-hauls its own edible food to a recovery organization rather than using a contracted food recovery service, everyone who transports that food must hold a food handler card issued by an American National Standards Institute accredited training provider meeting ASTM International E2659-09, such as ServSafe, and must follow proper temperature-control and handling procedures during transport.

7 folds the same certification into the generator's annual reporting duty: no later than June 30 each year, the generator must send the County of San Mateo's Office of Sustainability, acting as the City's Designee for Edible Food Recovery, an annual edible food recovery report that includes certification that all staff responsible for edible food recovery have obtained the ANSI food handler card. G. The City's enforcement entity or the County Designee may inspect procedures and review records to confirm the certification requirement is being met, and can request the records electronically rather than requiring an on-site visit.