(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
ADULTERATED. The condition of any food:
(a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance in a quantity which may render it injurious to health;
(b) If it bears or contains any added poisonous or deleterious substance for which no safe tolerance has been established by regulation or in excess of such tolerances if one has been established;
(c) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or if it is otherwise unfit for human consumption;
(d) If it has been processed, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health;
(e) If it is in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal or animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter; and/or
(f) If its containers are composed in whole or in part of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health.
BOARD OF HEALTH. The County Board of Health or its authorized representative(s).
HEALTH AUTHORITY. The Administrator of the County Department of Public Health, or his or her duly authorized representative(s).
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The County Department of Public Health, including its duly authorized representative(s).
HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR. The individual selected by the County Board of Health to administer and enforce the policies, ordinances, resolutions, or law of said Board.
ORDINANCE. The County Food Sanitation Ordinance.
(B) All other definitions shall be as contained in the State Food Service Sanitation Rules and Regulations and the State Retail Food Store Sanitation Rules and Regulations promulgated by the State Department of Public Health. The term REGULATORY AUTHORITY contained in said rules and regulations shall mean the County Department of Public Health.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-2) (Ord. passed 4-21-1987; Ord. passed 8-18-1992; Ord. passed 3-21-1995; Ord. passed 12-16-1997; Ord. passed 8-19-2003)