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
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
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