The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation urges all state food service operators to take special measures during power or water outages and other emergency conditions. All public food service establishments must take action after these events to offset the effects of loss of electricity, flooding, compromised potable water supplies or damage sufficient to contaminate stored food.
Please review the following guidelines in preparation for any possible Emergency:
Boil Water Notice Guidelines – PDF
Emergency Recovery Guidelines – PDF
Additionally, please review the Business Disaster Toolkit from the Florida Virtual Business Emergency Operations Center:
BEFORE A DISASTER STRIKES
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DURING A DISASTER
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AFTER A DISASTER – IMMEDIATE ACTION
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AFTER A DISASTER – REBUILDING
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