Definitions herein shall supplement all definitions in the Health and Safety Code §§ 113728 et seq., pertaining to food protection, and of Chapters 1 and 3 of this E.H. Code. Any definitions not expressly stated herein shall be as defined in the Health and Safety Code §§ 113728 et seq., or as those sections may be amended hereafter.
CONVENIENCE STORE. Any retail food facility or portion thereof where activities primarily relate to self-service of prepackaged foods and limited food preparation by employees, such as popcorn, beverages, ice products, condiments and hot dog warming.
FOOD DISTRIBUTOR. Any wholesale place, building, structure, room or portion thereof, vehicle or other means of conveyance, where food or beverages are commercially distributed, stored, or held for transfer. It shall include: mobile food facilities commissaries, mobile support unit commissaries, vending commissaries, central storage or distribution facilities for school or retail facilities, or distribution facilities for beer, wine, or alcoholic beverages.
FOOD FACILITY. Includes retail and wholesale food operations.
FOOD HANDLING PLACE. Any retail or wholesale facility or portion thereof where activities primarily relate to food being held for or made available to the public in a packaged form or state requiring further processing off the facility’s premises. It shall include: grocery stores; vegetable markets; produce stands; seasonal produce stands; certified farmers’ markets; supermarkets; meat markets; seafood markets; health food stores; beer, wine, or alcoholic beverage stores; and similar operations at a fixed location.
FOOD PROCESSOR. Any wholesale place, building, structure, room, or portion thereof, maintained, used or operated for the purpose of commercially packing, making, manufacturing, cooking, baking, mixing, processing, bottling, canning, packing, portioning, assembling, salvaging, re-conditioning or otherwise preparing or processing food, or beer, wine, or alcoholic beverages, including ice for human consumption. It shall include food processing commissaries and central kitchens for schools and central kitchens for retail facilities.
ICE/SLUSH PRODUCTS MACHINE. Any machine manufacturing a nondairy ice/slush product using the principle of scraper blades sweeping a freezing surface or block of ice.
NONPOTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. All foods not defined as “potentially hazardous foods” in Health and Safety Code § 113871.
PUBLIC EATING PLACE. Any retail food facility or portion thereof where activities primarily relate to the preparation of food for consumption on the facility's premises or for carryout per customer order. It shall include: restaurants, cafeterias, cafes, bakeries, taverns, bars, lounges, ice cream parlors, soda fountains, walk-in and drive-in movie theater snack bars, public or private school cafeterias, delicatessens, sandwich shops, snack bars, nonexempt food service operations, and similar food service operations at a fixed location.
SEASONAL. A food facility in operation not more than a total of six months per any calendar year.
(Ord. 3105, passed - -1986; Am. Ord. 4158, passed - -2012; Am. Ord. 4172, passed - -2012; Am. Ord. 4196, passed - -2013; Am. Ord. 4283, passed - -2015)