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e e Texas Department of Fealth Division of Food and Drugs RULES ,ON RETAIL FOOD STORE SANITATION S229.23l. General Provisions. (a) Purpose. These rules shall be liberally construed and applied to promote the underlying purpose of protecting the public health. (b) Definitions. The following words and terms when used in these sections, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Bulk food - unpackaged or unwrapped, processed or unprocessed food in aggregate containers from which quantities desired by the consumer are withdrawn. For the purpose of this interpretation, the term does not include fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, nuts in the shell, salad bars and potentially hazardous foods. (2) Corrosion-resistant materials - those materials that maintain acceptable sanitary surface characteristics under prolonged influence of the food to be contacted, the normal use of cleaning compounds and sanitizing solutions, and other conditions of the use environment. (3) Display area - a location or locations, including physical facilities and equipment, where bulk food, and other products, are offered for customer self-service. (4) Easily cleanable - that surfaces are readily accessible and made of such material and finish and so fabricated that residue be effectively removed by normal cleaning methods. (S) Employee - the permit holder, individual having supervisory or management duties, person on the payroll, family member, volunteer, person performing work under contractual agreement, or any other person working in a food store. (6) Equipment -items other than utensils used in t1,e storage, preparation, display, and transportation of food such as stoves, ovens, hoods, slicers, grinders, mixers, scales, meat blocks, tables, food shelving, reach- in refrigerators and freezers, sinks, ice makers, and similar items used in the operation of a retail food store. This item does not include fork lift trucks or dollies. 1