As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
- 1. “Food” means any raw, cooked, or processed edible substance, ice, beverage, or ingredient used or intended for use or sale in whole or in part for human consumption.
- 2. “Department” means the department of inspections and appeals.
- 3. “Home bakery” means a business on the premises of a residence in which prepared food is created for sale or resale, for consumption off the premises, if the business has gross annual sales of prepared food of less than thirty-five thousand dollars. However, “home bakery” does not include a residence in which food is prepared to be used or sold by churches, fraternal societies, charitable organizations, or civic organizations.
- 4. “Prepared food” means soft pies, bakery products with a custard or cream filling, or baked goods that are a time/temperature control for safety food. “Prepared food” does not include baked goods that are not a time/temperature control for safety food, including but not limited to breads, fruit pies, cakes, or other pastries that are not a time/temperature control for safety food.
- 5. “Time/temperature control for safety food” means a food that requires time and temperature controls for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation.
Subsections 3 and 4 amended NEW subsection 5
88 Acts, ch 1220, §7 C89, §170C.1 C91, §137D.1 2016 Acts, ch 1086, §2, 3