(5) CATEGORY 1 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 1 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that slaughters animals for food. 
(6) CATEGORY 2 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 2 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that processes raw meat, poultry, sea-
food products, regardless of whether the establish-
ment also has a kill step, and animal feed and other 
products that the Administrator determines by regu-
lation to be at high risk of contamination and the 
processes of which do not include a step validated to 
destroy contaminants. 
(7) CATEGORY 3 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 3 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that processes meat, poultry, seafood 
products, and other products that the Administrator 
determines by regulation to be at high risk of con-
tamination and whose processes include a step vali-
dated to destroy contaminants. 
(8) CATEGORY 4 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 4 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that processes all other categories of 
food products not described in paragraphs (5) 
through (7). 
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(9) CATEGORY 5 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 5 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that stores, holds, or transports food 
products prior to delivery for retail sale. 
(10) CONTAMINANT.—The term ‘‘contaminant’’ 
includes a bacterium, chemical, natural or manufac-
tured toxin, virus, parasite, prion, physical hazard, 
or other human pathogen that when found on or in 
food can cause human illness, injury, or death. 
(11) CONTAMINATION.—The term ‘‘contamina-
tion’’ refers to a presence of a contaminant in food. 
(12) FOOD.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘food’’ 
means a product intended to be used for food 
or drink for a human or an animal. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘food’’ in-
cludes any product (including a meat food prod-
uct, as defined in section 1(j) of the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(j))), capa-
ble for use as human food that is made in whole 
or in part from any animal, including cattle, 
sheep, swine, or goat, or poultry (as defined in 
section 4 of the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 453)), and animal feed. 
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(C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘food’’ does 
not include dietary supplements, as defined in 
section 201(ff) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(ff)). 
(13) FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘food estab-
lishment’’ means a slaughterhouse, factory, 
warehouse, or facility owned or operated by a 
person located in any State that processes food 
or a facility that holds, stores, or transports 
food or food ingredients. 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—For the purposes of 
registration, the term ‘‘food establishment’’ 
does not include a farm, restaurant, other retail 
food establishment, nonprofit food establish-
ment in which food is prepared for or served di-
rectly to the consumer, or fishing vessel (other 
than a fishing vessel engaged in processing, as 
that term is defined in section 123.3 of title 21, 
Code of Federal Regulations). 
(14) FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘food production facility’’ means any farm, ranch, 
orchard, vineyard, aquaculture facility, or confined 
animal-feeding operation. 
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