Section 2-1-4-01-103.01 - Definitions1.Transient vendor is a retailer who engages in the selling of (a) fresh fish, meat or poultry or (b) frozen fish, meat, poultry or any other fresh or frozen potentially hazardous food products, excluding seafood and frozen desserts, at any place in the state temporarily and who does not intend to become or does not become a permanent retailer of such place. 2.Fish means fresh fish and other forms of fresh water aquatic life (including alligator, frog, turtle, and the roe of such animals) other than birds or mammals if such animals are intended for human consumption. 3.Meat means the flesh of animals intended for human consumption including the dressed flesh of cattle, swine, sheep, or goats and other edible animals except fish and poultry. 4.Poultry means any domesticated bird intended for human consumption including chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, or guineas but does not include ratites. 5.Frozen Desserts means any foods which conform to the provisions of the United States Food and Drug Administration, Title 21, Code of Federal Regulation, Part 135, Subpart B. Frozen Desserts shall include such products as ice cream, frozen custard, ice milk, sherbet, frozen yogurt, ice cream sandwiches, bars or cookies. 6.Seafood means edible fish or shellfish from the sea. 7.Potentially Hazardous Food means a food that is natural or synthetic and that requires temperature control because it is in a form capable of supporting: the growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms; the growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum; or in raw shell eggs, the growth of salmonella enteritis. "Potentially Hazardous Food" includes an animal food (of animal origin) that is raw or heat-treated; a food of plant origin that is heat-treated or consists of raw seed sprouts; and cut melons. 8.Pre-packaged Products mean commodities that are packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for direct retail sale to the consumer and packaged in a fixed facility under the jurisdiction of a federal (U.S.D.A or FDA) or state (MS Department of Health or MS Department of Agriculture and Commerce) agency. (Amended August 2002; Temporary Amendment July 2006; Amended June 10, 2009; March 14, 2011; Amended February 16, 2019.) 2 Miss. Code. R. 1-4-01-103.01
Amended August 2002. Temporary Amendment July 2006. Amended June 10, 2009; March 14, 2011.