StarFox Posted November 6, 2004 Posted November 6, 2004 Los Angeles County just passed a new law stating that all pet shops, boarding kennels, and other animal facilities must be inspected and graded using an "A-B-C" system. For thoes who might not have a system like this it is used regularly in places that serve food. An A is 100%-90% and means that they might have minor infractions but fix them in a timely fashion and are clean. B is 90%-80% . When a place might have many infractions or takes to much time to fix them. Or might also not be a clean place. C is 80%-70%- Has many large problems, bugs and rodents. Is never clean etc. Here is the new law-"The director, or his or her duly authorized representative, shall inspect every animal facility annually as provided in Section 10.28.050, and shall report on the findings of said inspection in an Animal Facility Inspection Report. The letter grade issued by the department shall be based on the most recent Animal Facility Inspection Report of the facility. The director is authorized to recommend appropriate licensing or other legal action as set forth in Section 10.28.290. (Ord. 2004-0036 Quote
TDG Posted November 6, 2004 Posted November 6, 2004 overall i think it's a good idea, as long as it doesn't mislead people to think that it's ok if a pet shop sells puppies and kittens as long as it gets a grade A. :( Quote
3ofakind Posted November 6, 2004 Posted November 6, 2004 They use this system for our restaurants and I think it is a good system. Maybe it will at least help improve conditions for pet store animals but I do agree with TDG. Quote
courtnek Posted November 6, 2004 Posted November 6, 2004 on the whole I think its a good idea, but one thing concerns me....what about shelters? They may be very good to the animals, take good care of them and keep them clean, feed them and play with them..but what if the facility is run down, stained in places, etc. Our shelter here is in an old building, over 100 years old, and with that goes all the things that happen to old buildings....it's clean, but does have stained walls and floors, bad tile in some places, the windows are old wooden ones with weights inside to balance the window when you open it, so not pretty and not exactly efficient - they cover them with blow-dry plastic in the winter to keep the cold out. things like that....and they are very low income, relying on donations and adoption fees to get by. This could hurt them, because they certainly couldnt afford to upgrade that building...aside from the welfare of the animals, what elses are they looking for? Quote
StarFox Posted November 7, 2004 Author Posted November 7, 2004 Well I'm not sure exactly how it's suppose to work or the specific things they are looking for. It's a new law so I suppose they are going to have to figure that stuff out as they go along. Honestly I haven't seen any letter grades in pet places yet. I personally think it's a great idea but as you said Court I can see where allot of problems could arise. I tried to find some specifics on the law but couldn't find any. Quote
TDG Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 somehow i think this is limited to commercial operations, not shelters and non profit organizations. Quote
imported_Kat Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 In principal its a good idea but I don't think they should have a grading system. A simple pass/fail approval would suffice and wouldn't let pet shop owners have the notion that running an unhygienic business is accptable. Quote
StarFox Posted November 8, 2004 Author Posted November 8, 2004 Kat napisał(a):In principal its a good idea but I don't think they should have a grading system. A simple pass/fail approval would suffice and wouldn't let pet shop owners have the notion that running an unhygienic business is accptable. If this system is like the one we use for food places the busnesses will get warnings and fines depending on the infractions. The health department checks back with the resturaunts every month or so, so a "B" place has a chance to be an "A" place. Or an place might be an "A" one month but be a "C" the next month. So places that arn't clean arn't realy "accptable". Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 in the UK a restaurant which would be a grade C would be closed down owners would be taken to court and fined large sums of money they would not be allowed to open untill it was a higher standard The same should happen to an animal shop/kennel which does not meet the grade Quote
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