Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare

A.C.A. § 20-57-103Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) Employees of food service establishments shall keep their hands and exposed portions of their arms clean in a manner approved by the Department of Health. (b) (1) Except when washing fruits and vegetables, employees of food service establishments shall avoid contact of expose…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Good Neighbor Act”. (b) As used in this section:(1) “Food” means any raw, cooked, processed, or prepared edible substance, ice, beverage, or ingredient used or intended for use in whole or in part for human consump…

(1) As used in §§ 20-57-203 — 20-57-205:(1) (A) (i) “Food service establishment” means any place where food is prepared, processed, stored, or intended for use or consumption by the public regardless of whether there is a charge for the food.(ii) “Food service establishment” incl…

A.C.A. § 20-57-202Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall have:(1) Power and authority to prevent the proliferation of infections, contagious, and communicable diseases resulting from unsanitary food service operations; and(2) Direction and control over all sanitary and quarantine meas…

(a) No food service establishment shall be allowed to operate unless it has procured a food establishment permit from the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health. (b) (1) Permits issued under this section, §§ 20-57-201, 20-57-202 [repealed], 20-57-…

(a) All fees levied and collected under the provisions of §§ 20-57-102 and 20-57-204 are declared to be special revenues and shall be deposited into the State Treasury, there to be credited to the Public Health Fund to be used exclusively by the Division of Environmental Health P…

A food service establishment which holds a current food service permit issued by the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health under the provisions of §§ 20-57-102 and 20-57-201, 20-57-202 [repealed], 20-57-203 — 20-57-205 shall not be required to pa…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall study and approve instructions detailing first aid techniques and a poster diagramming first aid techniques designed and intended for use by a person without medical training in removing food which has become lodged in the throa…

(a) As used in this section, “food service establishment” means any restaurant, cafe, cafeteria, soda fountain, hotel kitchen, tavern, industrial feeding establishment, school lunchroom, grocery store, hospital kitchen, nursing home kitchen, and any private, public, or nonprofit …

A.C.A. § 20-57-209Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

This subchapter may be cited as the “Flour and Bread Enrichment Act”.

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Appropriate federal agency” means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any agency or department or administrative federal officer charged with the enforcement and administration of the Federal…

(a) The terms of this subchapter shall not apply to flour or bread which is made from the entire wheat berry with no parts of the wheat removed from the mixture. In cases of flour or bread containing mixtures of the whole wheat berry and white flour or mixtures of various portion…

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter, or the orders or rules promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of Health under authority thereof, shall upon conviction be subject to a fine for each and every offense in a sum not exceeding five hundred dol…

(a) The State Board of Health is authorized as the administrative agency and is directed:(1) To make, amend, and rescind such rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, including, but without being limited to, such orders and rules as it is specific…

(a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, or offer for sale within this state or to ship into this state for human consumption in this state any flour, as defined in § 20-57-302, unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contai…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, bake, sell, or offer for sale, or to receive in interstate shipment for sale for human consumption in this state, any bread, as defined in § 20-57-302, unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contained in eac…

The enrichment of bread may be accomplished through the use of enriched flour, other enriched ingredients, synthetic vitamins, harmless iron salts, or by any combination of harmless methods which will produce enriched bread which meets the requirements of § 20-57-306.

It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in this state any enriched flour or enriched bread which fails to conform to the labeling of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the appropriate agency with respect to flour or bread…

(1) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment of not less than thirty (30) days or not more than six (6) months, in the discretion of the court, who:(1) Shall sell or expose for sale in any restaur…

(a) Unless the product is pure honey manufactured by honeybees, it is unlawful for any person to:(1) Package any product and label the product as “honey” or “imitation honey” or to use the word “honey” in any prominent location on the label of the product; or(2) Sell or offer for…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Make Arkansas Healthy Again Act”. (b) A person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, deliver, distribute, hold, or offer for sale in commerce a food product for human consumption that contains any of the following substanc…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Food Freedom Act”.

(1) The purpose of this subchapter is to allow for a producer's production and sale of homemade food or drink products for an informed end consumer and to encourage the expansion of agricultural sales at farmers' markets, ranches, farms, and producers' homes or offices by:(1) Fac…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Delivery” means the transfer of a homemade food or drink product resulting from a transaction between a producer and an informed end consumer.(B) “Delivery” includes the transfer of a homemade food or drink product to an informed end consum…

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this section, homemade food or drink products produced and sold in compliance with this subchapter are exempt from state licensure, certification, inspection, and packaging and labeling requirements. (b) A transaction under this subchapter shall:(…

(a) The following information shall be provided to the informed end consumer as described in subsection (b) of this section:(1) The date that the homemade food or drink product was manufactured, produced, or processed;(2) The name, address, and telephone number of the producer of…

(a) Except as provided in this subchapter, a homemade food or drink product shall not be sold or used in any food service establishment. (b) A homemade food or drink product may be sold:(1) From a retail space located at the ranch, farm, home, or office where the homemade food or…

(a) This subchapter does not:(1) Impede the Department of Health in any investigation of foodborne illness;(2) Change the requirements for brand inspection or animal health inspections;(3) Preclude an agency from providing assistance, consultation, or inspection, at the request o…

A.C.A. § 20-58-101Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Egg Marketing Act of 1969”.

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Ambient temperature” means the atmospheric temperature surrounding or encircling shell eggs;(2) “Candle” means to determine the interior quality based on the use of a candling light as defined in the Unite…

(1) This subchapter shall be applicable to all retailers of eggs except that retailers shall be permitted to sell eggs when the eggs are purchased directly from producers who own fewer than seven hundred (700) hens, provided that the following requirements are met:(1) The eggs ar…

(a) Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this subchapter or rules of the Arkansas Board of Animal Health shall be guilty of a violation and shall upon conviction:(1) For the first offense, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more…

All duties and functions required to be performed by the Arkansas Board of Animal Health under the provisions of this subchapter shall be performed by the Department of Agriculture or its authorized employees.

(a) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health shall establish standards for the grading, classification, and marking of shell eggs bought and sold by any person, firm, or corporation in the State of Arkansas. (b) The standards shall, on the date of the sale to the consumer, conform to …

(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, traffic in, or deliver to the retail or consuming trade any eggs unfit for human food. (b) It shall be unlawful to:(1) Prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load, ship, transport, sell in bulk or containers, …

(a) All eggs advertised or displayed for sale for human food shall designate the correct grade and size. The designation shall also appear on the exterior of the container in which the eggs are offered for sale. (b) Restaurants, hotels, and other eating establishments using eggs …

(a) All egg handler permits shall be conspicuously posted in the place of business to which they apply. (b) The annual permit year shall be twelve (12) months or any fraction thereof beginning July 1 and ending June 30 of each year. (c) No permit shall be transferable, but if the…

(a) All shell eggs packed in containers for the purpose of resale to consumers shall be stored and transported under refrigeration at an ambient temperature no greater than forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (45° F). (b) All shell eggs that are packed into containers for the purpose o…

(a) Every person, firm, or corporation selling eggs to a retailer or manufacturer shall furnish an invoice showing the size and quality of the eggs according to the standards prescribed by this subchapter together with the name and address of the person by whom the eggs were sold…

(a) Any and all eggs offered for sale at retail shall be prepackaged. (b) All eggs offered for sale at retail shall be plainly marked as to grade and size with letters not less than three-eighths inch (⅜″) in height. (c) Each container of eggs offered for sale at retail shall bea…

All eggs shall be considered the property of the person in whose possession they are found except those in the custody of common carriers or a public warehouse where the owner is identified by record.

(a) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter and is authorized to make and promulgate such rules as may be necessary thereto. (b) (1) (A) The Department of Agriculture and its authorized employees or agents may enter any store, vehicle, …

(a) For the purpose of financing the administration and enforcement of this subchapter, the Department of Agriculture shall collect an inspection fee from any processor, packer, or dealer-wholesaler that sells or transports eggs into the state. (b) The inspection fee and annual p…

(a) Annual audits of all permit holders, including out-of-state permit holders, will be performed by the Department of Agriculture to ensure proper reporting of egg inspection fees. (b) (1) Travel expenses incurred in conducting out-of-state audits are to be reimbursed to the dep…

(a) The Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health shall assume all regulatory duties, powers, and responsibilities now exercised by the various city or county health departments of the State of Arkansas pertaining to production and distribution of Gr…

A.C.A. § 20-59-102Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved