§22-27-70. Definitions.  


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  • When used herein the following words and terms shall have meaning ascribed below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

    (1) COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any food service establishment, retail food store, public or private school, food processing establishment, or other establishment where food is sold or offered for sale; or any establishment that slaughters, fabricates, bones, or processes animals, poultry, or fish, whether or not required by law to be licensed or permitted by an agency of the State of Alabama.

    (2) DISPOSE. To discard or carry away, whether personally or by and through a contractor, and whether for the purposes of recycling, reuse, or reprocessing or for ultimate elimination.

    (3) INEDIBLE ANIMAL BY-PRODUCT. Any bone, fat, offal, carcass, blood, skin, hide, tallow, lard, feather, horn, hoof, or any other solid by-product derived from any animal, poultry, or fish, as part of the operation of a commercial establishment; but not to include post-consumer waste from retail food service establishments or commercial kitchens.

    (4) WASTE COOKING GREASE. Grease, fat, or oil, whether derived from plant or animal or any combination thereof, previously used in the cooking or preparation of food for animal or human consumption and is no longer suitable for such use.

(Act 2001-661, p. 1383, §1.)