196.450. Definitions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Definitions.

196.450. When used in sections 196.450 to 196.515, unlessthe context otherwise requires:

(1) "Chill room" means a room or space in a locker plant,artificially cooled, provided for the temporary holding orstorage of food prior to its processing or freezing for storage;

(2) "Cutting or processing room" means a separate room orspace in a locker plant in which food products are prepared forquick or sharp freezing;

(3) "Department" means department of agriculture of thestate of Missouri;

(4) "Director" means the director of the department ofagriculture of the state of Missouri;

(5) "Food" means all articles used for food, drink,confectionery or condiment by man, whether simple, mixed orcompound, and any substance used as a constituent in themanufacture thereof;

(6) "Locker" means the individual sections or compartmentsof a capacity of not to exceed fifty cubic feet, in the lockerroom of a locker plant;

(7) "Locker plant" means a location or establishment inwhich space in individual lockers is rented for the storage offood;

(8) "Locker room" means that space or room in a locker plantwhich contains individual lockers or compartments which are forrent for the storage of frozen food;

(9) "Operator" means any person, copartnership, firm orcorporation operating or maintaining a locker plant;

(10) "Quick or sharp freeze" means the freezing of food in aroom in which the temperature is zero or lower;

(11) "Quick or sharp freezing room" means that space in alocker plant in which food is quick or sharp frozen prior tostorage in lockers;

(12) "Quick or sharp frozen" means the condition of foodwhich has been thoroughly frozen in a quick or sharp freezingroom;

(13) "Temperature" means degrees shown on Fahrenheitthermometer.