Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 3717 - Retail Food Establishments; Food Service Operations

• agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Board of health: means a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Catering food service operation: means a food service operation where food is prepared for serving at a function or event held at an off-premises site, for a charge determined on a per-function or per-event basis. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Food: includes ice, water or any other beverage, food ingredients, and chewing gum. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• food service operation: includes a catering food service operation, food delivery sales operation, mobile food service operation, seasonal food service operation, temporary food service operation, and vending machine location. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Food service operation: means a place, location, site, or separate area where food intended to be served in individual portions is prepared or served for a charge or required donation. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Government entity: means this state, a political subdivision of this state, another state, or a political subdivision or other local government body of another state. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Licensing period: means the first day of March to the last day of February of the next succeeding year. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Licensor: means one of the following:

  (1) A board of health approved under section 3717. See Ohio Code 3717.01

• Mobile food service operation: includes a food service operation that does not remain at any one location for more than forty consecutive days and serves, in a manner consistent with division (F) of this section, only frozen desserts; beverages, nuts, popcorn, candy, or similar confections; bakery products identified in section 911. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Mobile retail food establishment: means a retail food establishment that is operated from a movable vehicle or other portable structure, and that routinely changes location, except that if the establishment operates from any one location for more than forty consecutive days, the establishment is no longer a mobile retail food establishment. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Ohio uniform food safety code: means the food safety and related standards adopted under section 3717. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Prepared: means any action that affects a food, including receiving and maintaining it at the temperature at which it was received. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Retail: means the sale of food to a person who is the ultimate consumer. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• retail food establishment: includes a mobile retail food establishment, seasonal retail food establishment, and temporary retail food establishment. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Seasonal food service operation: means a food service operation, other than a mobile food service operation, that is operated for not more than six months in a licensing period. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Seasonal retail food establishment: means a retail food establishment, other than a mobile retail food establishment, that is operated for not more than six months in a licensing period. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• served: means a response made to an order for one or more individual portions of food in a form that is edible without washing, cooking, or additional preparation and "prepared" means any action that affects a food other than receiving or maintaining it at the temperature at which it was received. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Temporary food service operation: means a food service operation that is operated at an event for not more than five consecutive days, except when operated for more than five consecutive days pursuant to division (E)(2) of section 3717. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Temporary retail food establishment: means a retail food establishment that is operated at an event for not more than five consecutive days, except when operated for more than five consecutive days pursuant to division (E)(2) of section 3717. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Unprocessed: when used with respect to fruits and vegetables, means that the fruits and vegetables are not processed beyond merely rough trimming and rinsing. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• vending machine: means a self-service device that automatically dispenses on the insertion of currency, tokens, or similar means a predetermined unit serving of food, either in bulk or in package, without having to be replenished after each use. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Vending machine location: means an area or room where one or more vending machines are installed and operated, except that if the machines within an area are separated by more than one hundred fifty feet, each area separated by that distance constitutes a separate vending machine location. See Ohio Code 3717.01
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.