SD Food Info

Closure

When a major violation cannot be immediately corrected, or a suitable alternative found, the food facility may be subject to closure in the impacted areas until the violation is corrected. The food facility must remain closed until written authorization to re-open is given by this department.

All major violations must be corrected or a suitable alternative before the facility is granted permission to re-open. Conditions that constitute an imminent health hazard and require the closure of the food facility include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Sewage back-up
• Lack of potable hot/cold water under pressure
• Power outage for an extended period of time preventing proper holding temperatures of potentially hazardous foods
• Gross contamination of food contact surfaces
• Lack of valid public health permit
• Failure to improve a grade of "C" after 30 days
• Serious and repeated risk factor violations