For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
Authorized agent or employee. The employees of the regulatory authority.
Food establishment. A food service establishment, a retail food store, a temporary food establishment, a mobile food unit, and/or a roadside food vendor as defined in Texas Food Establishment Rules Section 229.162(33) and, in addition, shall include produce vendors and produce markets that sell only fresh, whole, intact fruits or vegetables other than farmers that sell fresh, whole, intact fruits or vegetables from the farm where the produce is grown. The term “food establishment” shall not include a nursing facility/home.
Municipality of _______. Shall be understood to refer to the city.
Nursing facility/home. An institution that provides organized and structured nursing care and service and is subject to licensure under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 242.
Regulatory authority. The Division of Environmental Health of the city or the entity that succeeds to the duties of that division.
State rules. The state rules found at 25 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 229, Sections 161 through 171 and Sections 173 through 175, as amended. These rules are also known as the Texas Food Establishment Rules.
(Ord. No. 3051, § 3, 8-9-01; Ord. No. 3183, § 2, 2-13-03)