Sec.21a-61-1. Definitions

The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of sections 21a-61-1 to 21a-61-8 inclusive:

(1) "Accessible" means easily exposed for cleaning and inspection with the use of simple tools, such as those normally used by maintenance personnel.

(2) "Air temperature" means the equilibrated temperature of the air environment in question.

(3) "Break-up room" means any area, or space within a warehouse, used for the purpose of organizing cased frozen food into lots for individual consignment on route delivery.

(4) "Carrier" means any person, firm or corporation, operating or offering to operate a vehicle for the purpose of transporting frozen food.

(5) "Display case" means any case, cabinet or other facility used for displaying frozen food for sale.

(6) "Food product zone" means those surfaces with which food is normally in contact and those surfaces with which food may come in contact during processing, conveying, holding, refrigeration and packing, and which may drain onto product contact surfaces or into the product.

(7) "Freezing cycle" means lowering of the internal product temperature of a food product to a temperature of 0°F. or lower.

(8) "Frozen food" means any article used for food or drink for man or other animals (a) which is processed; (b) which is packaged and preserved by freezing in accordance with good commercial practices, and (c) which is intended for sale in the frozen state.

(9) "Internal product temperature" means the equilibrated product temperature of frozen food.

(10) "Operator" means any person, firm or corporation, operating or maintaining a frozen food plant or warehouse for the purpose of commercially preparing or storing frozen food.

(11) "Readily (or easily) accessible" means easily exposed, without the use of tools, for cleaning and inspection.

(12) "Readily removable" means that a component part shall be capable of being separated from the principal part without the use of tools.

(13) "Ready to eat frozen food" means a frozen food product which has been factory processed to the point at which it is ready for use as a food, and may or may not require further heating before use.

(14) "Removable" means that a component part shall be capable of being separated from the principal part with the use of simple tools such as those normally used by maintenance personnel.

(15) "Retail outlet" means any building, room or parts thereof where the sale of frozen food to the public is conducted.

(16) "Route delivery" means the transportation of frozen food with frequent stops for partial unloading.

(17) "Sale" means any and every transaction including the dispensing, giving, delivering, serving, exposing or storing or any other possessing of frozen food wherein frozen food is subject to transfer to another person.

(18) "Storage room or facility" means any area or space, within a warehouse, used for the purpose of storing frozen food.

(19) "Transportation" means the physical movement, or the acceptance for physical movement, of frozen food by a carrier.

(20) "Vehicle" means any van, truck, trailer, automobile, wagon, ship, barge, freight car, airplane or other means for transporting frozen food.

(21) "Warehouse" means any structure, room or part thereof used for the purpose of storing commercially manufactured frozen food.

(Effective July 27, 1984)