What the Rules Say

The FDA Food Code, Utah R392-100, the county health regulations and the pesticide and label laws that reach a kitchen, quoted from the primary text.

• The FDA Food Code on Pests: Every Section a County Inspector Cites

  The eleven Food Code sections behind the pest lines on a county report, quoted word for word with FDA's stated reason for each, and the county code that cites each one.

• Utah R392-100: Which Food Code Utah Adopted, and What the State Law Behind It Says About Pests

  Utah adopted the 2022 FDA Food Code by rule. The state's exceptions do not reach the pest sections. The statutes that give the state and the county health departments their authority over restaurants and pests.

• Salt Lake County Health Regulation #5: The Pest Rules, Inspections and Enforcement Steps

  The county regulation behind every code on your report: its pest sections, how critical items are defined, how often inspections come, the correction deadlines, the follow-up fee, and what happens after a notice of violation.

• Utah County Regulation 26-01: Progressive Enforcement for Retail Food, Adopted July 2026

  Utah County adopted a progressive-enforcement regulation on July 27, 2026. No point score; a ladder of steps from follow-up inspection to Permit Status Hearing and Probationary Status; $140 follow-up fee. The county's inspection lookup could not be verified.

• Who May Apply Pesticide in a Utah Kitchen, and With What

  The label decides what may be used in a kitchen; Utah law decides who may apply it. The question of a cook spraying a store-bought aerosol is stated as open, with both rule texts quoted.

• Two More Pest Rules That Reach a Food Business: OSHA's Vermin Control Standard and 21 CFR 117.35

  OSHA's workplace sanitation standard applies to a restaurant as an employer, and 21 CFR 117.35(c) applies to a commissary or manufacturer. Both quoted.