§ 37.1. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Accessible—Easily exposed for cleaning and inspection with the use of simple tools, such as those normally used by maintenance personnel.
Air temperature—The equilibrated temperature of the air environment in question.
Break-up room—Any area, or space within a warehouse, used primarily for the purpose of organizing cased frozen food into lots for individual consignment on route delivery.
Carrier—Any person, firm, or corporation, operating or offering to operate, a vehicle for the purpose of transporting frozen food.
Department—The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.
Display case—Any case, cabinet or other facility used for displaying frozen food for sale.
Food product zone—Those surfaces with which food is normally in contact and those surfaces with which food may come in contact during processing, conveying, holding, refrigeration and packing, and which may drain onto product contact surfaces or into the product.
Freezing cycle—Lowering the internal product temperature of a food product to a temperature of 0°F or lower.
Frozen food—Any article used for food or drink by man or other animal which is all of the following:(1) Processed.
(2) Packaged and preserved by freezing in accordance with good commercial practices.
(3) Intended for sale in the frozen state.
Internal product temperature—The equilibrated product temperature of frozen food.
Operator—Any person, firm or corporation operating or maintaining a frozen food plant or warehouse for the purpose of commercially preparing or storing frozen food.
Readily (or easily) accessible—Easily exposed without the use of tools, for cleaning and inspection.
Readily removable—When a component part shall be capable of being separated from the principal part without the use of tools.
Ready to eat frozen food—A frozen food product which has been factory processed to the point at which it is ready for use as a food and may or may not require further heating before use.
Removable—When a component part shall be capable of being separated from the principal part with the use of simple tools, such as those normally used by maintenance personnel.
Retail outlet—Any building, room, or parts thereof, where the sale of frozen food is conducted to the ultimate consuming purchaser.
Route delivery—The transportation of frozen food, with frequent stops for partial unloading.
Sale—Any and every transaction including the dispensing, giving, delivering, serving, exposing, storing or any other possessing of frozen food wherein frozen food is subject to transfer to another person.
Secretary—The Secretary of Agriculture of the Department.
Storage room or facility—Any area or space within a warehouse used for the purpose of storing frozen food.
Transportation—The physical movement, or the acceptance for physical movement, of frozen food by a carrier.
Vehicle—Any van, truck, trailer, automobile, wagon, ship, barge, freight car, airplane or other means for transporting frozen food.
Warehouse—Any structure, room or part thereof, used for the purpose of storing commercially processed or manufactured frozen food.
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