§ 118.01. DEFINITIONS.  


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  • For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
    BOARD. The Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Board of Health.
    CERTIFICATE. A document issued by the Board certifying that a person has satisfactorily completed the Board’s course of studies and has adopted and effectuated a qualifying examination.
    CERTIFICATION. The process of classroom instruction and testing, developed and approved by the Board, by which a person may qualify for a food service manager certificate.
    CHILDREN'S MEALS. A combination of food items and a beverage that are sold together at a single price and primarily intended for consumption by children.
    COUNTY. Jefferson County, Kentucky.
    DEFAULT BEVERAGE. The beverage automatically included as part of a children's meal, absent a specific request by the purchaser of the children's meal for an alternative beverage.
    DIRECTOR. Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness Director.
    FEE EXEMPT FACILITIES. Private, parochial, and public school cafeterias or lunchroom facilities through the twelfth grade, charitable food kitchens, and all facilities operated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or Department of Corrections shall be exempt from the payment of fees, but shall comply with all other provisions of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 and the state retail food establishment code. For this subsection, the term “charitable food kitchens” means a not-for-profit, benevolent food service establishment where more than one-half (½) of the employees are volunteers.
    FOOD EMPLOYEE. Any employee who works in a food service facility.
    FOOD HANDLER. Any food employee who handles, prepares, cooks, or processes any food item where it can reasonably be expected that hand contact may occur with an unwrapped or unpackaged food item.
    FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any fixed commercial establishment that engages in the preparation and serving of ready-to-eat foods in portions to the consumer, including, but not limited to: restaurants; coffee shops; cafeterias; short order cafes; luncheonettes; grills; tea rooms; sandwich shops; soda fountains; taverns; bars; cocktail lounges; night clubs; roadside stands; industrial feeding establishments; private, public or non-profit organizations or institutions routinely serving food; catering kitchens; commissaries; or similar places in which food is prepared for sale or service in the premises or elsewhere with or without charge. It does not include food in vending machines, establishments serving beverages only in single service or original containers or retail food markets which only cut, slice, and prepare cold-cut sandwiches for individual consumption.
    FOOD SERVICE MANAGER. Any person who directs, conducts or supervises a food service establishment. That person’s duties may or may not include actual food preparation.
    LEAN PROTEIN. A food containing less than 10 grams of fat, 4.5 grams or less of saturated fat and less than 95 milligrams of cholesterol per 100 grams and per labeled serving.
    OPEN FOR BUSINESS. The period of time when food is being prepared or served on the premises, and includes those times when food is being prepared but not being served to the public.
    RETAIL FOOD MARKET. Any fixed or mobile establishment where food or food products, including prepackaged, labeled sandwiches or other foods to be heated in a microwave or infrared oven at the time of purchase, are offered for sale to the consumer, and intended for off-premises consumption, but does not include establishments which handle only prepackaged, snack-type, non-potentially hazardous foods, markets that offer only fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, food service establishments, food and beverage vending machines, vending machine commissaries, or food processing establishments.
    SEASONAL CONCESSIONS. Establishment where limited concessions are served to include hotdogs, nachos and cheese, and heat and serve items usually in conjunction with a swimming pool facility or ballpark.
    (1994 Jeff. Code, § 118.01) (Jeff. Ord. 11-1989, adopted and effective 5-31-1989; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 121-2005, approved 8-24-2005; Lou. Metro. Am. Ord. No. 81-2018, approved 6-7-2018; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 161-2018, approved 10-10-2018)