Definitions for the County foodware rules

Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "ASTM Standard" means the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International Standard. "Compostable" means materials that can undergo biological decomposition or become part of usable compost in a safe and timely manner, either in an appropriate composting program or facility, or in a home compost pile or device. To qualify as compostable, such food service containers must meet ASTM Standard D6400 for compostable plastics, as amended. "Department" means the department of environmental management. "Director" means the director of environmental management. "Disposable" means something designed to be discarded after a single or limited number of uses and not designed or manufactured for long-term multiple re-use, including foam coolers. "Foam cooler" means polystyrene foam coolers and ice chests, where such foam is not fully encased in another impermeable material by its original manufacturer, in which any foods or beverages are placed or packaged or intended to be placed or packaged. "Foodware" means foam coolers, food service containers, and utensils. "Food provider" means any person providing prepared food for consumption within the County, including any store, shop, sales outlet, restaurant, bar, pub, coffee shop, cafeteria, caterer, convenience store, liquor store, grocery store, supermarket, delicatessen, food truck, catering vehicle or cart, or roadside stand. "Food service container" means all plates, trays, cups, bowls, cartons, and hinged or lidded containers (clamshells) on or in which any foods or beverages are placed or packaged or intended to be placed or packaged. "Plastic" means any material made, in whole or in part, from petroleum or petrochemical compounds, including so-called biodegradable products, where any portion is not compostable. "Plastic" also means all forms of polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polycarbonate, or petrochemical polymeric compounds and additives that can be shaped by flow. "Polystyrene foam" means blown polystyrene and expanded and extruded foams that are thermoplastic petrochemical materials utilizing a styrene monomer and processed by techniques including fusion of polymer spheres (expandable bead polystyrene), injection molding, foam molding, and extrusion-blown molding (extruded foam polystyrene). Polystyrene foam does not include clear or solid polystyrene (oriented polystyrene). "Prepackaged food" means food and beverages contained in plastic disposable foodware that has been filled and sealed entirely outside the County or in a manner intended to prevent the food or beverage from having any direct human contact, such as shelf-stable food and beverages; condiment packets, poi bags, musubi wraps, plastic film, chip bags, cookie and cracker wrappers, bread bags, meal kits, ice bags; beverage-related bottles or cartons; packaging for unprepared food; and packaging for wholesale distribution of prepared food, baked goods, and dairy products. "Prepared food" means any food or beverage prepared for consumption using any cooking or food preparation technique, including chopping, slicing, mixing, brewing, freezing, or squeezing, or otherwise prepared for consumption. "Prepared food" includes restaurant-style food and beverages that are packaged after being ordered and ready for consumption without further preparation. "Shelf-stable food" means prepared food that can be stored at room temperature and does not require refrigeration, freezing, or heating for food safety purposes. "Utensils" means implements used in the consumption of food or drink, such as forks, knives, spoons, straws, coffee stirrers, cocktail picks, and chopsticks, excluding those contained within or attached to prepackaged food. ( Ord. No. 5237 , § 2, 2021; Ord. No. 5084 , § 1, 2020; Ord. No. 4457 , § 2, 2018, eff. 12-31-2018)