Or. Admin. Code § 603-022-0600 - Definitions
As used in OAR 603-022-0600 through 603-022-0710.
(1) "Department" means the State Department
of Agriculture.
(2) "Egg Meats" or
"Egg Products" means the white, yolk, or any part of eggs, in liquid, frozen,
dried, or any other form, used, intended, or held for use in the preparation
of, or to be a part of or mixed with, food or food products for human
consumption.
(3) "Eggs" means eggs
in the shell from chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, or any other specie of
fowl.
(4) "Egg Products Plant" or
"Egg Breaking Plant" means any place or establishment where eggs or egg
products are broken, processed, pasteurized, packaged, or prepared for
distribution in liquid, frozen, or dried condition.
(5) The term "Pasteurization," "Pasteurized,"
or similar terms denoting pasteurization shall be taken to refer to heating
every particle of egg or egg products to such temperature and holding at such
temperature for a period of time sufficient for the purpose of rendering the
eggs or egg products free of salmonella or other pathogenic micro-organisms in
properly operated equipment as shall be approved by the Department; provided,
that nothing contained in this definition shall be construed as disbarring any
other process which has been demonstrated to be equally efficient and is
approved by the Department.
(6)
"Sanitize" or "Sanitizing" means to subject to a germicidal agent or
bactericidal treatment process approved by the Department.
(7) "Stabilization" means the subjection of
any egg product to a de-sugaring process.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 561.190 & ORS 632.811
Stats. Implemented: ORS 632.811
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