§ 8.10.010. Definitions.

The definitions contained in 410 IAC 7-15.1 (as amended) are adopted herein and made a part hereof. The following additional definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:

"Employee" means any person who comes in contact with any utensil or equipment in which food is prepared or stored, or who is employed in a room or place in which food is prepared, processed, displayed or sold.

"Food," as used herein means and includes all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment, whether simple, mixed or compound, and all substances or ingredients used in the preparation thereof.

"Health officer" means the county health officer or his authorized representative.

"Limited food service establishment" means any establishment or section of an establishment operating without a full service kitchen and limiting sales to prepackaged food.

"Person" means, but is not limited to, any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, or municipality, or his or its legal representative or agent.

"Porter County" means those rural and urban areas which are under the jurisdiction of the Porter County health officer.

"Seasonal food service establishment" means any establishment or section of an establishment operating for a continuous period of six months or less during any calendar year.

"Utensil" means and includes all containers, or any equipment of any kind or nature with which food comes in contact after delivery to a food service establishment, during storage, preparation, processing, display or sale.

(Ord. 99-16 § 1)