Missouri Laws 196.450 – Definitions
When used in sections 196.450 to 196.515, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Chill room” means a room or space in a locker plant, artificially cooled, provided for the temporary holding or storage of food prior to its processing or freezing for storage;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 196.450
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Cutting or processing room” means a separate room or space in a locker plant in which food products are prepared for quick or sharp freezing;
(3) “Department” means department of agriculture of the state of Missouri;
(4) “Director” means the director of the department of agriculture of the state of Missouri;
(5) “Food” means all articles used for food, drink, confectionery or condiment by man, whether simple, mixed or compound, and any substance used as a constituent in the manufacture thereof;
(6) “Locker” means the individual sections or compartments of a capacity of not to exceed fifty cubic feet, in the locker room of a locker plant;
(7) “Locker plant” means a location or establishment in which space in individual lockers is rented for the storage of food;
(8) “Locker room” means that space or room in a locker plant which contains individual lockers or compartments which are for rent for the storage of frozen food;
(9) “Operator” means any person, copartnership, firm or corporation operating or maintaining a locker plant;
(10) “Quick or sharp freeze” means the freezing of food in a room in which the temperature is zero or lower;
(11) “Quick or sharp freezing room” means that space in a locker plant in which food is quick or sharp frozen prior to storage in lockers;
(12) “Quick or sharp frozen” means the condition of food which has been thoroughly frozen in a quick or sharp freezing room;
(13) “Temperature” means degrees shown on Fahrenheit thermometer.