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Definitions of Terms:
Mobile Food Establishment: a retail food establishment
that reports to and operates from a commissary and is readily
moveable; is a motorized wheeled vehicle; or a towed, wheeled
vehicle designed and equipped to serve food.
Potentially Hazardous Foods: Foods that are natural or
man-made and are in a form capable of supporting the rapid and
progressive growth of infectious and toxin-producing
microorganisms. These foods usually have high protein and
moisture content and low acidity.
Retail Food Establishment: a retail operation that
stores, prepares, or packages food for human consumption. This
food may be consumed on or off the premises.
See list of
exceptions.
Wholesale: selling prepackaged products to retail
facilities. If you are considering preparing, packaging and
selling a product at the wholesale level, please visit the
Colorado Division of Wholesale website at:
www.cdphe.state.co.us/cp/wholesalefood/storage.html
Processed foods: Foods that undergo slicing, dicing,
cutting, chopping, cooking, mixing, grinding, smoking, drying,
packaging, canning or other procedures that alter the food from
its original state. Mixed greens, honey, and salsa are examples
of processed foods. Agricultural product sold in its raw
harvested state is not considered processed. |
