As used in this chapter, the following terms, phrases and words and their derivations, shall have the meanings given in this section, unless the context or use clearly indicates another or different meaning is intended.
A. Adulterated: The condition of any food:
1. if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance in a quantity which may render it injurious to health;
2. if it bears or contains any added poisonous or deleterious substance for which no safe tolerance has been established by regulation or is in excess of such tolerances if one has been established;
3. if it consists in whole or part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or if it is otherwise unfit for human consumption;
4. 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;
5. if it is in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter;
6. if its containers are composed in whole or in part by any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health.
B. Critical Violation: Any violation of the Illinois Food Service Sanitation Code or the Illinois Retail Food Store Sanitation Code that the Illinois Department of Public Health has determined to be of a nature that is known to cause or be a condition that has a high probability of causing a food borne illness outbreak and that has been marked with an asterisk and given a weight as 4 or 5 points on the standard inspection form.
C. Food Service Establishment: Any place where food is prepared and intended for, though not limited to, individual portion service, and includes the site at which individual portions are provided. The term includes any such place regardless of whether consumption is on or off the premises and regardless of whether there is a charge for the food. The term also includes delicatessen type operations that prepare foods intended for individual portion service. The term does not include lodging facilities serving only a continental breakfast (limited to only coffee, tea, juice and commercially prepared baked goods), private homes or a closed family function where food is prepared or served for individual family consumption, retail food stores or food vending machines.
D. License: The document issued by the Village of Winnetka which authorizes a person to operate a food service establishment or retail food store.
E. Regulatory Authority: The Village of Winnetka or its duly authorized Village Sanitarian or his/her licensed designee. Wherever the term “ regulatory authority” appears in the Illinois Food Service Sanitation Code, it shall also be deemed to refer to the Village of Winnetka or its duly authorized Village Sanitarian or his/her licensed designee.
F. Retail Food Store: Any establishment or section of an establishment where food and food products are offered to the consumer and intended for, though not limited to, off-premises consumption. The term includes delicatessens that offer food in bulk quantities only. The term does not include establishments that handle only prepackaged spirits; roadside markets that offer only fresh fruits and vegetables for sale; food service establishments or food and beverage vending machines.
G. Temporary Food Service Establishment: Any food service establishment that operates for a temporary period of time, not to exceed fourteen (14) days, in connection with a fair, carnival, public exhibition, or other similar transitory gatherings.
H. Village Sanitarian: An employee of the Village who is a State of Illinois Licensed Environmental Health Practitioner and who is authorized by the Village to enforce this chapter. The term also includes the Village Sanitarian’ s licensed designee.
(MC-1-2004, Amended, 01/20/2004)