18 AAC 32.990 - Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) "adulterated" has the meaning given "adulterated food" in AS 17.20.020;

(2) "approved" means approved in writing by the department;

(3) "adequate" means necessary to accomplish the intended purpose in keeping with good public health practices;

(4) "bulk milk tanker" means a vehicle, including the truck, tank, and those appurtenances necessary for the vehicle's use, used by a milk hauler to transport bulk raw milk for pasteurization from a dairy farm to a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station;

(5) "cheese"

(A) means a dairy product prepared from the pressed curd of milk;

(B) includes styles of soft, semi-soft, soft-ripened, and hard cheeses identified in Domestic and Imported Cheese and Cheese Products, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 32.215;

(6) "cheese production facility" means a place, premises, or facility where cheese or cheese products are collected, handled, processed, stored, or prepared;

(7) "cheese producer" means a person who owns or operates a cheese production facility and provides, sells, or offers cheese for human consumption;

(8) "cheese product" means a product made from cheese that is intended for human consumption;

(9) "clean" or "cleaned" means, with regard to equipment or utensils, made free of soil, or to make free of soil, product, or other contaminants, by

(A) washing in warm, soapy water and rinsing; or

(B) using another approved method if using water is inappropriate for the equipment or utensil being cleaned;

(10) "commissioner" means the commissioner of environmental conservation;

(11) "dairy plant"

(A) means a place where dairy product is manufactured or processed for sale or distribution as human food;

(B) includes a receiving station or transfer station;

(12) "dairy product" means

(A) raw or processed milk;

(B) a milk product or byproduct, including all dairy and nondairy ingredients incorporated into that milk product or byproduct; or

(C) a commodity in which milk or any milk product or byproduct is the principal ingredient;

(13) "department" means the Department of Environmental Conservation;

(14) "equipment"

(A) means machinery, apparatus, pipeline, and appurtenances used in connection with the operation of a facility;

(B) includes fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, devices, implements, storage areas, and sinks;

(15) "facility" means the premises used to conduct activities described in this chapter;

(16) "FDA" means the United States Food and Drug Administration;

(17) "food" or "food product" means a product made wholly or in part from an animal that is intended for human consumption;

(18) "food additive" or "food ingredient" means a substance, the intended use of which results or might result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a part of or otherwise affecting the characteristics of a food product;

(19) "footcandles" means the illumination

(A) on a surface one square foot in area on which a flux of one lumen is uniformly distributed; or

(B) produced on a surface all points of which are at a distance of one foot from a directionally uniform point source of one candela;

(20) "formula" means each ingredient used, the amount of each ingredient used, and the process used to make the milk or milk products;

(21) "gloves" means items that are

(A) made of natural rubber, vinyl, or synthetic material, including neoprene, polyvinyl chloride, and styrene butadiene; and

(B) worn on the hands to prevent contamination between food and an operator or employee;

(22) "handsink" means a lavatory

(A) equipped with hot and cold running water under pressure that can be tempered to a temperature no less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit and no more than 120 degrees Fahrenheit by a mixing valve or combination faucet; and

(B) used solely for washing hands, arms, or other portions of the body;

(23) "imminent health hazard"

(A) means a condition with the potential to affect public health adversely;

(B) includes

(i) the extended loss of a potable water supply;

(ii) an extended power outage;

(iii) a sewage backup into the facility or onto the grounds;

(iv) a natural disaster;

(v) an employee sick with a disease communicable by food; and

(vi) a major insect or rodent infestation;

(24) "milk"

(A) means the normal lacteal secretion, practically free of colostrum, obtained by milking a cow, goat, sheep or other ruminant;

(B) includes skim milk and cream;

(25) "milk distributor" means a person who sells or offers to sell milk or milk products for wholesale;

(26) "milk hauler" means a person who transports raw milk or raw milk products to or from a milk processing plant, receiving station, or transfer station;

(27) "milk processing plant" means a place, premise, or facility where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, processed, bottled, or prepared for wholesale distribution;

(28) "milk producer" means a person who owns or operates a dairy farm and provides, sells, or offers milk for sale to a milk processing plant, receiving station, or transfer station;

(29) "milk product"

(A) has the meaning given in the Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 32.020 and 18 AAC 32.215;

(B) including cheese, butter, ice cream, and other frozen desserts;

(30) "milk quality test" means a bacteria count, somatic cell count, drug residue test, milk component test, or other analytical test that is used to determine compliance with milk quality standards;

(31) "multi-use package" means a returnable bottle or other package that is designated for repeated use;

(32) "operation" means the premises, practices, and procedures associated with a specific type of activity within a facility subject to this chapter;

(33) "operator" means a person who controls, operates, manages, or conducts an activity described in this chapter;

(34) "package"

(A) means a container or wrapping, having one or more product-contact surfaces, that is designed or used to enclose a dairy product sold or shipped from a dairy plant;

(B) includes

(i) package covers and other package components;

(ii) returnable bottle or other multi-use package;

(iii) a single-service package;

(iv) a bulk or shipping container that has one or more product-contact surfaces and is used for the sale or shipment of a dairy product from a dairy plant; in this sub-subparagraph, "bulk or shipping container" does not include a bulk milk tanker;

(35) "packaging" means canning, cartoning, or tight wrapping;

(36) "pasteurize" has the meaning given in the Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 32.020 and 18 AAC 32.215;

(37) "person" has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060;

(38) "pest" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 31.990;

(39) "pesticide" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 90.990;

(40) "PMO" means the Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance,adopted by reference in 18 AAC 32.020 and 18 AAC 32.215;

(41) "potable water" means water that is

(A) bacteriologically and chemically safe to drink;

(B) free from harmful parasites; and

(C) from a supply properly located, protected, and operated by the owner of the dairy plant;

(42) "ppm" means parts per million;

(43) "premises"

(A) means a place or location used in conjunction with the activities of a facility described in this chapter;

(B) includes all or portions of structures, land, vehicles, equipment, a water supply, a wastewater system, and plumbing;

(44) "processing"

(A) means an activity that changes the physical condition of a food or dairy product;

(B) includes butchering, cutting, slicing, grinding, cooking, dehydrating, freezing, packaging, smoking, pasteurizing, blending, manufacturing, or thermal processing;

(45) "processing plant" means a plant at which food products are processed;

(46) "'product-contact surface" means a surface of equipment or a surface of a utensil or package, with which a dairy or food product normally comes in direct contact, or from which materials may drain, drip, or be drawn into a product;

(47) "'public water system" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 80.1990;

(48) "raw milk" or "raw milk product" means milk or a milk product that has not been pasteurized or processed;

(49) "receiving station" means a place, premise, or facility where, before being prepared for further transporting, raw milk is received, collected, handled, stored, or cooled;

(50) "safe," with respect to food, food products, and food ingredients, has the meaning given in 18 AAC 31.990;

(51) "sanitize" means to apply cumulative heat or a chemical on a cleaned product-contact surface that, when evaluated for efficacy, is sufficient to yield a reduction of five logs, which is equal to 99.999 percent reduction, of representative disease microorganisms of public health importance;

(52) "shipping container" means a box, carton, or similar container in which packaged dairy or food products are shipped in bulk from a plant;

(53) "single-service package" means a package that is designed to be used only once before disposal;

(54) "thermally processing" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 31.990;

(55) "transfer station" means a place, premises, or facility where milk or milk products are transferred directly from one milk tank truck to another;

(56) "utensil" means a handheld or other similarly portable implement used to prepare, transport, or store food, food products, or food ingredients;

(57) "warewashing" means the washing, rinsing, and sanitizing of product contact surfaces;

(58) "wholesome" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 31.990.

Notes

18 AAC 32.990

Eff. 5/23/98, Register 146; am 1/14/2001, Register 157; am 9/6/2003, Register 167; am 12/3/2010, Register 196

Authority:AS 03.05.011

AS 03.05.040

AS 03.05.050

AS 17.20.010

AS 17.20.020

AS 17.20.030

AS 17.20.040

AS 17.20.070

AS 17.20.072

AS 17.20.075

AS 17.20.190

AS 17.20.200

AS 17.20.230

AS 17.20.250

AS 17.20.270

AS 17.20.290

AS 44.46.020