§ 8.1.020. Definitions.

Unless otherwise specified, the following definitions shall apply to this Title.

A.

"Health Authority" means the legally designated City-County Health Department Health Officer or designee.

B.

"Health Department" means the legally designated Great Falls and Cascade County City-County Health Department.

C.

"Administrative hearing" means an informal hearing before the Health Officer, Supervising Sanitarian, and Inspecting Registered Sanitarian concerning closure of a food service establishment or wholesale food establishment.

D.

"Board" means the legally designated City-County Board of Health provided for in Mont. Code Ann. § 50-2-106, as may be amended.

E.

"Priority Item" means a provision in the Montana Food Code, Administrative Rules of Montana Title 37 Chapter 110 subchapter 2, as amended, whose application contributes directly to the elimination, prevention, or reduction to an acceptable level, hazards associated with foodborne illness or injury, and there is no other provision that more directly controls the hazard.

F.

"Health Officer" means a physician or person with a Master's Degree in Public Health, or equivalent, appointed by the Board as provided in Mont. Code Ann. § 50-2-116, as may be amended.

G.

"Wholesale food establishment" means any establishment involved in the sale or provision of food as defined in Mont. Code Ann. § 50-57-102(11), as may be amended. Wholesale food establishment includes "wholesale food manufacturing establishment", "wholesale food salvage establishment", "wholesale ice manufacturer", and "wholesale water bottler" as defined in Mont. Code Ann. § 50-57-102(12) - (16), as may be amended.

H.

"Food Service Establishment" means any establishment involved in the retail sale or provision of food as defined in Mont. Code Ann. § 50-50-102(21), as may be amended.

I.

"Temporary Food Permit" means a permit issued by the Health Authority that allows for persons or organizations to serve approved food items to the public in accordance with the regulations for temporary food establishments found in Mont. Code Ann. §§ 50-50-102(22) and 50-50-120 and the Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM), as may be amended.

J.

"Temporary Food Establishment" means a retail food establishment that operates temporarily in a licensing year as defined in Mont. Code Ann. § 50-50-102, as may be amended.

K.

"Cottage Food Operation" means an establishment that is operating under the conditions provided by Mont. Code Ann. § 50-50-116, as may be amended, to provide, manufacture, or package cottage food products in a kitchen in a registered area of a domestic residence and only for direct sale to a customer of this state.

L.

"Cottage Food Products" means foods that are not potentially hazardous and are processed or packaged in a Cottage Food Operation including jams, jellies, dried fruit, dry mixes, and baked goods. Other similar foods that are not potentially hazardous may be defined by the Department of Health and Human Services by rule.

M.

For the purposes of this Title, "person" shall include an individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership or other non-human entity.

(Ord. 3181, 2018)