For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
CRFC. The California Retail Food Code as codified in the Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 113700 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.
DEPARTMENT. The county Public Health Department, Environmental Health Services division.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. The Deputy Director of Public Health, their duly authorized designees, and any person appointed by the Deputy Director to enforce or administer this chapter.
EQUIPMENT. Has the same meaning as that term is defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 113777.
FOOD. Has the same meaning as that term is defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 113781.
FOOD FACILITY. Has the same meaning as that term is defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 113789.
FOOD HANDLER. A person who prepares, handles, packages, serves, or stores food, handles utensils, or assists another person in any of those tasks at a food facility.
HSC. The California Health and Safety Code.
LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCY or THE LEA. The county Environmental Health Services Division and its designated employees and other designated agents.
MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATION (MEHKO). As defined by Cal. Health and Safety Code § 113825, is a food facility with gross annual sales limits outlined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 113825(a)(7), operated by a MEHKO operator and having not more than one full-time equivalent food employee, not including a family member or household member of the MEHKO operator, and conducted within the permitted area of a private home where the MEHKO operator resides and where microenterprise home kitchen foods are prepared or packaged for direct sales or delivery to consumers pursuant to Cal. Health and Safety Code § 113825(a)(3).
MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATION OPERATOR. The resident of the private home who holds the permit for the MEHKO and is responsible for its operation.
PERMIT. A document issued by the LEA that authorizes a person to operate a MEHKO.
PERMIT HOLDER. The entity that is legally responsible for the microenterprise home kitchen operation, such as the owner, the owner's agent, or other person, and that possesses a permit to operate a MEHKO.
PERMITTED AREA. A private home kitchen described and authorized in the permit for the MEHKO, onsite consumer eating area, toilet room, janitorial or cleaning facilities, refuse storage area, and attached rooms within the home that are used exclusively for food, utensil, and equipment storage. Any other detached rooms on the premises, including accessory buildings and garages, may be used to store food items only if all food is stored inside an approved refrigerator and/or freezer with a closable door/lid. Sleeping quarters or second units are not included as a permitted area.
PERSON. Has the same meaning as that term is defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 113855, as that section may be amended from time to time.
POTABLE WATER. Water that complies with the standards of transient non-community water systems pursuant to the California Safe Drinking Water Act, commencing with Cal. Health and Safety Code § 116270 to the extent permitted by federal law.
RESIDENT OF A PRIVATE HOME. An individual who resides in the private home when not elsewhere for labor or other unique or temporary purposes.
TABLEWARE. Has the same meaning as that term is defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 113926.
UTENSIL. Has the same meaning as that term is defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 113934.
(Ord. 1046, § 3, 2022)