Utah Admin. Code R392-102-2 - Definitions

(1) "Catering operation" means a mobile food business that contracts with a client for food service to be provided to the client or the client's guests or customers at a private event on private property. A catering operation does not include services routinely provided at the same location, or meals that are purchased individually by guests or customers.

(2) "Commissary" means a food service establishment permitted by a local health department according to Rule R392-100 to which a mobile food business operator may return regularly to perform functions necessary for sanitary operations including:

(a) food preparation and boarding onto the mobile food business;

(b) hot and cold holding of TCS foods;

(c) storing and stocking of food, utensils, and equipment;

(d) disposal of solid and liquid wastes;

(e) equipment and utensil cleaning and sanitizing;

(f) vehicle cleaning;

(g) refilling of water tanks with potable water; and

(h) utilizing electrical power sources.

(3) "Drinking Water" means water that is fit for human consumption and meets the primary drinking water standards of Rule R309-200. Common usage of terms such as culinary water, potable water or finished water are synonymous with drinking water.

(4) "FDA Food Code" or "Food Code" means the FDA Model Food Code as incorporated by reference in Section R392-100-4. When FDA Food Code is referenced in this rule, the term 'establishment' or 'food establishment' used in the FDA Food Code shall be synonymous with 'food truck' or 'food cart' as defined in this rule.

(5) "Food cart" has the same meaning as provided in Section 11-56-102.

(6) "Food processing plant" means a commercial operation inspected by a regulatory authority, such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, that manufactures, packages, labels, or stores food for human consumption, and provides food for sale or distribution to other business entities such as food processing plants or food establishments. A food processing plant does not include a food establishment.

(7) "Food service establishment" means an operation that:

(a) stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends food directly to the consumer, or otherwise provides food for human consumption such as a restaurant; satellite or catered feeding location; and

(b) relinquishes possession of food to a consumer directly, or indirectly through a delivery service such as home delivery of grocery orders or restaurant takeout orders, or delivery service that is provided by common carriers.

(8) "Food truck" has the same meaning as provided in Section 11-56-102.

(9) "HACCP Plan" means a written document that delineates the formal procedures for following the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles developed by The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods.

(10) "Ice cream truck" has the same meaning as provided in Section 11-56-102.

(11) "Imminent health hazard" means a significant threat or danger to health that is considered to exist when there is evidence sufficient to show that a product, practice, circumstance, or event creates a situation that requires immediate correction or cessation of operation to prevent injury based on the number of potential injuries and the nature, severity, and duration of the anticipated injury.

(12) "Local health department" has the same meaning as provided in Subsection 26A-1-102(5).

(13) "Local health officer" means the director of the jurisdictional local health department or a designated representative.

(14)

(a) "Mobile food business" means a food truck or food cart as defined in this rule.

(b) A mobile food business does not include an ice cream truck or a shaved ice establishment.

(15) "Mobile food business operator" or "operator" means a person who owns, manages, or controls, or who has the duty to manage or control, the operation of a mobile food business.

(16) "Mobile food business employee" means a person working with unpackaged food, food equipment or utensils, or food-contact surfaces in a mobile food business.

(17) "Permit" means a document that a local health department issues to authorize a person to operate a food truck or food cart within the jurisdiction of the local health department.

(18) "Person in charge" means the individual present at a mobile food business who is responsible for its operation at the time of the inspection.

(19) "Plumbing Code" means International Plumbing Code as incorporated and amended in Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act.

(20) "Potentially hazardous food" has the same meaning as "Time/temperature control for safety food (TCS)."

(21) "Sanitized" means the application of cumulative heat or chemicals on cleaned food, ice, or potable water contact surfaces that, when evaluated for efficacy, is sufficient to yield a reduction of 5 logs, which is equal to a 99.999% reduction, of representative disease microorganisms of public health importance.

(22) "Shaved ice establishment" means a facility that would normally be classified as a mobile food business as defined in this rule that serves only shaved ice with flavored syrups and other toppings approved by the local health officer, and is operating from a fixed, single location without moving offsite throughout the entire operating season.

(23) "Small producer" has the same meaning as provided in Subsection 4-4-103(10).

(24) "Time/temperature control for safety food" or "TCS" has the same meaning as "Time or temperature control food" provided in Section 26B-7-401, which also has the same meaning as "potentially hazardous food".

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R392-102-2

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-12, effective 5/18/2018 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-02, effective 1/3/2022 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-15, effective 7/17/2023