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What Arkansas's food code requires
The restaurant's person in charge must keep people its operation doesn't need out of its food prep, storage and dishwashing areas.
PERSONS unnecessary to the RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT operation are not allowed in the FOOD preparation…Arkansas Dept. of Health Rules (PDF)
- What it means
- Arkansas's code puts this duty on the restaurant's person in charge, not on the driver. It has no rule aimed at delivery drivers themselves. Delivery appears only in the "Retail Food Establishment" definition, which covers relinquishing food "to a CONSUMER directly or indirectly through a delivery service."
- Food code
- State long-form rule; FDA lists 2013 (eff. 2019) (Ark. Code R. 007.04.21-003)
- Food handler card
- No card in rule text; CFPM (2-102.11(A))
- Other rules that apply
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'Employee' means the PERMIT HOLDER, PERSON IN CHARGE, PERSON having supervisory or management duties, PERSON on the payroll, family member, volunteer, PERSON performing work under contractual agreement…Arkansas Dept. of Health Rules (PDF)
- Sources
- Last verified
- October 26, 2026
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Not legal advice. This is general information. Local (city or county) health departments can have stricter rules than the state. Check with your local health department. Last verified October 26, 2026.
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