| (23) Public water system--A drinking water system that
complies with 30 TAC §§290.101 - 290.122 (relating to Drinking
Water Standards Governing Drinking Water Quality and Reporting Requirements
for Public Water Systems).
(24) Pushcart--A non-self-propelled MFU limited to
serving foods requiring a limited amount of preparation as authorized
by the regulatory authority and readily movable by one or two persons.
A pushcart is classified as an MFU. A pushcart does not include non-self-propelled
units owned and operated within a retail food store. This type of
MFU requires the support of a central preparation facility.
(25) Regulatory authority--The department, the local
(municipality, county, or public health district), federal enforcement
body, or authorized representative having jurisdiction over the food
establishment.
(26) Roadside food vendor--A person who operates a
mobile retail food store from a temporary location adjacent to a public
road or highway. Food is not prepared or processed by a roadside food
vendor. A roadside food vendor is classified as an MFU.
(27) Safe material--An article manufactured from or
composed of materials that may not reasonably be expected to result
either directly or indirectly in the article becoming a component
of or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food. An additive
that is used as specified in the Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter
431, or other materials that are not additives and that are used in
conformity with applicable regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
(28) Self-service food market--A market that is unstaffed
and offers prepackaged non-TCS food and prepackaged refrigerated or
frozen TCS food that is stored in equipment that complies with §228.225
of this chapter (relating to Self-Service Food Market).
(29) Service animal--A canine that is individually
trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual
with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual
or other mental disability as specified in Texas Health and Safety
Code, §437.023.
(30) Vending machine location--The room, enclosure,
space, or area where one or more vending machines are installed and
operated and that includes the storage areas and areas on the premises
that are used to service and maintain the vending machines. This does
not include self-service food markets.
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