3717.01(C) Retail food establishments - food safety operations definitions

"Retail food establishment" means a premises or part of a premises where food is stored, processed, prepared, manufactured, or otherwise held or handled for retail sale. Except when expressly provided otherwise, "retail food establishment" includes a mobile retail food establishment, seasonal retail food establishment, and temporary retail food establishment. As used in this division:

(1)

"Retail" means the sale of food to a person who is the ultimate consumer.

(2)

"Prepared" means any action that affects a food, including receiving and maintaining it at the temperature at which it was received.