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What Louisiana'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 food establishment or retail food store/market operation are not allowed in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas,Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 51 (Word)
- What it means
- Louisiana'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. R.S. 51:3171 et seq. (Acts 2020, No. 192) governs third-party delivery services, but only its definitions were retrieved. An LDH take-out and delivery guidance document surfaced in search but was not reviewed. The viral Raising Cane's sweet-tea video involved a Louisiana driver, and no law was cited in the coverage.
- Food code
- State code LAC 51:XXIII (FDA lists 2001 basis) (LAC 51:XXIII.4101)
- Food handler card
- One state Food Safety Certificate holder per establishment (LAC 51:XXIII.305, per LDH FAQ)
- 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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