The San Marcos food safety code is due for a revamp, and the city council will take a step toward doing just that tonight.
Council will vote on the first of two readings of an ordinance updating the food establishments section of the City Code by repealing current provisions and replacing them with provisions in line with the 2015 state food establishment rules. At its most recent workshop meeting, council heard a presentation on the proposed changes to the food code, which include a variance for electrical hookups for mobile food units and the availability of a seasonal food permit.
Stacy Wright from the city’s environmental health department said that the city has 376 fixed food establishments — restaurants — that are inspected twice a year, along with 34 mobile units that are inspected twice a year, along with three farmers markets.
