14 | Regulation 61-25
(102) “Re-service” means the transfer of food that is unused and returned by a consumer after
being served or sold and in the possession of the consumer to another person.
(103) “Restrict” means to limit the activities of a food employee so that there is no risk of
transmitting a disease that is transmissible through food, and the food employee does not work with exposed
food, clean equipment, utensils, linens, or unwrapped single-service or single-use articles.
(104) "Restricted egg" means any check, dirty egg, incubator reject, inedible, leaker, or loss as
defined in 9 CFR 590.
(105) "Restricted use pesticide" means a pesticide product that contains the active ingredients
specified in 40 CFR 152.175, Pesticides Classified For Restricted Use, and that is limited to use by or under
the direct supervision of a certified applicator.
(106) “Retail food establishment” means an operation that prepares, processes, packages, serves,
or otherwise provides food for human consumption, either on or off the premises, regardless of whether
there is a charge for the food. These establishments include, but are not limited to, restaurants, delicatessens,
snack bars, catering operations, ice cream parlors, school cafeterias, independent living food service
operations, licensed healthcare facilities, grocery stores, retail meat markets, fish/seafood markets, retail
ice merchants, shared use operations, and mobile food establishments (to include the associated commissary
and mobile units).
(107) “Risk” means the likelihood that an adverse health effect will occur within a population as
a result of a hazard in a food.
(108) "Safe material" means:
(a) An article manufactured from or composed of materials that may not reasonably be expected
to result, directly or indirectly, in their becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of
any food.
(b) An additive that is used as specified in 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or
(c) Other materials that are not additives and that are used in conformity with applicable
regulations of the Food and Drug Administration.
(109) “Sanitization” means the application of cumulative heat or chemicals on cleaned
food-contact surfaces that, when evaluated for efficacy, is sufficient to yield a reduction of 5 logs, which is
equal to a 99.999 percent reduction, of representative disease microorganisms of public health importance.
(110) “Sealed” means free of cracks or other openings that allow the entry or passage of moisture.
(111) “Seasonal series” means a regularly occurring event sponsored by a community or
governmental organization for promoting local business, culture, or other local specialties.
(112) “Service animal” means an animal such as a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal
individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability as per the Americans for
Disabilities Act. Service animal does not include emotional, comfort, or similar support animals not
recognized under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations as service animals.