Authorities
Every authority on this reference, grouped by class. Each page gives the verbatim text, a plain-language reading, who the requirement applies to as the source states it, and the records that show it was met.
Federal Regulators
Federal regulations and the federal model code. OSHA applies to the facility as a workplace; the FDA Food Code becomes binding through state adoption and, for immigration detention, through ICE’s own food service standard.
- FDA Food Code 2022 — Pest Control in Correctional Food Service
The federal model food code that states adopt. Section 6-501.111 is an explicit four-part pest control requirement, one part rated Priority Foundation. ICE's detention food service standard points to it directly.
FDA Food Code 2022 (January 18, 2023 version), as amended by the Supplement to the 2022 Food Code (November 2024), Sections 1-201.10(B) (Food establishment), 6-501.111, and 6-202.13 - OSHA 29 CFR 1910.141 — Vermin Control in Correctional Workplaces
The general-industry sanitation standard. Paragraph (a)(5) requires an enclosed workplace to be built and kept so as to prevent the entry and harborage of vermin, and a continuing extermination program where vermin are detected.
29 CFR §1910.141, Sanitation, paragraphs (a)(1) Scope and (a)(5) Vermin control
Federal Detention and Corrections Standards
Standards published by the federal agencies that operate or contract for detention. They bind the facilities those agencies hold to them, as each agency states.
- Federal Bureau of Prisons Program Statement 1614.01 — Occupational Safety (Section 47, Pest Control)
The Bureau of Prisons' occupational safety policy, issued June 22, 2026. Section 47 requires every institution to keep a written pest control plan, inspect the whole institution monthly, log every pesticide application, and keep both records for three years.
U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Program Statement 1614.01, Occupational Safety (June 22, 2026), Sections 1, 1.c, 5.a, 6, and 47 - Federal Bureau of Prisons Program Statement 4700.08 — Food Service Manual (Rodent and Insect Control)
The Bureau of Prisons' current food service policy, issued May 7, 2026. Its rodent and insect control section tracks the FDA Food Code's four-part pest paragraph and adds one step: findings of pests are reported to the institution's Safety Department.
U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Program Statement 4700.08, Food Service Manual (May 7, 2026), Section 1 and Chapter 11, Sections 17(a), 17(c), and 18(a)–(c) - ICE National Detention Standards 2019 — Standard 1.1 Environmental Health and Safety (Pests and Vermin)
ICE's facility-wide pest provision for non-dedicated facilities, including county jails that hold ICE detainees. Pests, vermin, and the conditions that sustain them are to be controlled and eliminated, and ICE is to be notified immediately of any insect or rodent infestation.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, National Detention Standards (Revised 2019), Standard 1.1 Environmental Health and Safety, Sections I, II.E, and II.H.1.e - ICE National Detention Standards 2019 — Standard 4.1 Food Service (Pest Control)
ICE's food service standard. It assigns pest control in the food service department to the facility, requires receiving inspection for pest infestation, prohibits pest harborage in storage, and points food preparation to the FDA Food Code.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, National Detention Standards (Revised 2019), Standard 4.1 Food Service, Sections I, II.E.2, II.E.3, II.I.5(f)(2), II.I.5(j), II.I.8, and II.J.2(a) - ICE PBNDS 2011 — Standard 1.2 Environmental Health and Safety (Monthly Licensed Pest Control)
The most prescriptive federal detention pest provision on the record: the facility administrator shall contract with licensed pest-control professionals for monthly inspections, with a preventive spraying program and callback services.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Performance-Based National Detention Standards 2011 (Revised December 2016), Standard 1.2 Environmental Health and Safety, Sections I, II.12, V.A.4, and V.B.10(g)–(h) - ICE PBNDS 2011 — Standard 4.1 Food Service (Pest Control)
ICE's performance-based food service standard. It names the Food Service Administrator as responsible for kitchen pest control, including contracting an outside exterminator as necessary, and requires air curtains or comparable devices on outside doors where food is prepared, stored or served.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Performance-Based National Detention Standards 2011 (Revised December 2016), Standard 4.1 Food Service, Sections I, V.J.5(f)(3), V.J.5(j)–(k), V.J.10, V.K.3(a) and (d), and V.K.7(b)–(c) - U.S. Marshals Service Federal Performance Based Detention Standards, Version 12 — Vermin and Pest Control
The Marshals Service's performance standards for detention contracts. Standard F.2.4 requires that vermin and pests be controlled through monthly inspections and treatment by a qualified pest control technician, alongside weekly, monthly, and annual sanitation inspections.
U.S. Marshals Service, Federal Performance Based Detention Standards Handbook, Version 12 (Effective May 1, 2025), Executive Summary and Standards A.2.2, D.1.2, D.1.3, and F.2.1–F.2.4
State Regulators
Binding within the state. Pesticide control rules set who may apply what, and what record every application leaves.
- Ohio Adm.Code 5120:1-8-05 — Full Service Jail Sanitation and Monthly Vermin Inspections
A comparison standard from outside Utah. Ohio requires monthly sanitation, vermin, and safety inspections of all areas of a full service jail by a designated trained staff person, and an annual inspection by local or state health authorities.
Ohio Adm.Code 5120:1-8-05, Sanitation and environmental conditions (Chapter 5120:1-8, Full Service Jails), paragraphs (B), (C), and (E), effective January 1, 2026 - Utah Administrative Code R392-100 — Food Service Sanitation (Adopts the 2022 FDA Food Code)
Utah's food service sanitation rule. It incorporates the 2022 FDA Food Code, including the Section 6-501.111 pest control paragraph, and its list of exempt establishments does not include jails or prisons.
Utah Admin. Code R392-100, Food Service Sanitation, Sections R392-100-3(1) and R392-100-4(1)–(2), administered by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Date of Last Change June 11, 2025 - Utah Administrative Code R68-7 — Pesticide Applicator Licensing in Jails and Prisons
Utah’s pesticide applicator licensure rule. Its Category 7 definition names prisons expressly, and it sets the nine-element application record every commercial applicator must keep.
Utah Admin. Code R68-7, Utah Pesticide Control Rule, administered by Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), last changed September 7, 2022 - Utah Correctional Standards (FY27 Secure Facilities) — Pest, Vermin, and Food Service Inspection
The Utah Department of Corrections' standards for secure facilities housing state inmates. Pest and vermin control is an item on the facility's required weekly inspection, and the food service area must be inspected by the health authority having jurisdiction at least once a year.
Utah Department of Corrections, Utah Correctional Standards, Secure Facilities (FY27, Revised January 2026), Introduction (Inspection Process), Standards E-03, G-04, G-05, and I-01(F) - Virginia 6VAC15-40-1150 — Jail Vermin and Pest Control (Quarterly Licensed Service)
A comparison standard from outside Utah, and the most specific state jail pest provision on this reference: the facility shall control vermin and pests and be serviced at least quarterly by a licensed pest control business or personnel certified by the state agriculture department.
6VAC15-40-1150, Vermin and pest control (Virginia Administrative Code, Title 6, Agency 15 State Board of Local and Regional Jails, Chapter 40 Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups, Part VI Jail Physical Plant), as amended effective November 22, 2012
State Statutes
Statutes. In Utah, these set who may be asked for jail standards and inspection results, and what counts as a correctional facility.
- Utah Code 63G-2-301 — Jail Standards, Inspection Results, and Pest Contracts Are Normally Public Records
Utah's records law lists a correctional facility's standards and the results of inspections assessing compliance with them as normally public, along with government contracts and records of a contractor's services. That reaches a jail's pest control contract, its service records, and its inspection results.
Utah Code Sections 63G-2-301(1)(d), (3)(b)–(d), and (3)(u) (Government Records Access and Management Act, effective May 6, 2026); 77-16b-102(1) (effective May 1, 2024); 64-13-12
Local Health Regulations
Regulations adopted by a local board of health for correctional institutions in its jurisdiction, enforced by its own inspections.
- Salt Lake County Health Regulation #34 — Correctional Institutions (Insect and Rodent Control)
A county board of health regulation written for jails. It requires effective measures against rodents, flies, cockroaches, bedbugs, lice, and other insects, harborage-free premises, sealed exterior openings, label-only pesticide use, and an annual health department inspection.
Salt Lake Valley Health Department Health Regulation #34, Correctional Institutions and Community Correctional Centers Regulation, adopted by the Salt Lake Valley Board of Health March 1, 2007, Sections 1, 2.3, 4.1.1, 4.4.7, 4.4.8, 4.5.5(iii), and 6