New York § 500-A - 500-ADefinitions
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 500-A — 500-ADefinitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 500-A. 500-ADefinitions
§ 500-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Food service establishment" means any place where food is prepared and intended for individual portion service, and includes the site at which individual portions are provided, whether consumption occurs on or off the premises, or whether or not there is a charge for the food. 2. "Retail food store" means any establishment or section of an establishment where food and food products are offered to the consumer and intended for off-premises consumption. The term does not include establishments which handle only pre-packaged, non-potentially hazardous foods, roadside markets that offer only fresh fruits and fresh vegetables for sale, food service establishments, or food and beverage vending machines. 3. "Zone" means an administratively determined geographic portion of the state to which inspectors are assigned by the department. 4. "Food warehouse" shall mean any food establishment in which food is held for commercial distribution.
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