Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 61 - Frozen Food Regulations › Section 21a-61-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of
				sections 21a-61-1 to
				21a-61-8 inclusive:
(1) "Accessible" means easily exposed for
			 cleaning and inspection with the use of simple tools, such as those normally
			 used by maintenance personnel.
(2)
			 "Air temperature" means the equilibrated temperature of the air environment in
			 question.
(3) "Break-up room" means
			 any area, or space within a warehouse, used for the purpose of organizing cased
			 frozen food into lots for individual consignment on route delivery.
(4) "Carrier" means any person, firm or
			 corporation, operating or offering to operate a vehicle for the purpose of
			 transporting frozen food.
(5)
			 "Display case" means any case, cabinet or other facility used for displaying
			 frozen food for sale.
(6) "Food
			 product zone" means 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.
(7) "Freezing cycle" means lowering of the
			 internal product temperature of a food product to a temperature of 0°F. or
			 lower.
(8) "Frozen food" means any
			 article used for food or drink for man or other animals (a) which is processed;
			 (b) which is packaged and preserved by freezing in accordance with good
			 commercial practices, and (c) which is intended for sale in the frozen
			 state.
(9) "Internal product
			 temperature" means the equilibrated product temperature of frozen
			 food.
(10) "Operator" means any
			 person, firm or corporation, operating or maintaining a frozen food plant or
			 warehouse for the purpose of commercially preparing or storing frozen
			 food.
(11) "Readily (or easily)
			 accessible" means easily exposed, without the use of tools, for cleaning and
			 inspection.
(12) "Readily
			 removable" means that a component part shall be capable of being separated from
			 the principal part without the use of tools.
(13) "Ready to eat frozen food" means 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.
(14) "Removable" means that 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.
(15) "Retail outlet"
			 means any building, room or parts thereof where the sale of frozen food to the
			 public is conducted.
(16) "Route
			 delivery" means the transportation of frozen food with frequent stops for
			 partial unloading.
(17) "Sale"
			 means any and every transaction including the dispensing, giving, delivering,
			 serving, exposing or storing or any other possessing of frozen food wherein
			 frozen food is subject to transfer to another person.
(18) "Storage room or facility" means any
			 area or space, within a warehouse, used for the purpose of storing frozen
			 food.
(19) "Transportation" means
			 the physical movement, or the acceptance for physical movement, of frozen food
			 by a carrier.
(20) "Vehicle" means
			 any van, truck, trailer, automobile, wagon, ship, barge, freight car, airplane
			 or other means for transporting frozen food.
(21) "Warehouse" means any structure, room or
			 part thereof used for the purpose of storing commercially manufactured frozen
			 food.