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e e (7) Farmers Market - an establishment or location used ~y producers and vendors primarily for the distribution and sale of,raw and custom shelled agricultural products directly to consumers and wholesalers. The sale of other food products at such market shall not disqualify it as a farmers market provided that such food products meet all applicable federal, state, and local health laws regulating the manufacture and sale of such food products. The occasional sale of nonfood products not regulated by the Texas Department of Fealth shall not disqualify it as a farmers market. (8) Food - any raw, cooked, or processed edible substance, ice, beverage or ingredient used or intended for use or for sale in whole or in part for human con~umption. (9) Food-contact surfaces - those surfaces of equipment and utensils with which food normally comes into contact, and those surfaces from which food may drain, drip, or splash back onto surfaces normally in contact wi th food. (10) Food service establishment - any place where food is prepared and intended for individual portion service, and includes the site a,t which individual portions are provided. The term includes any such place regardless of whether consumption is on or off the premises and regardless of whether there is a charge for the food. The term includes delicatessens that offer prepared food in individual ~ervice portions. The term does not include private homes where food is prepared or served for individual family consumption, retail food stores, the location of food vending machines, and supply vehicles. (II) Hermetically sealed container - a container which is designed and intended to be secure against the entry of microorganisms and to maintain the commercial sterility of its contents after processing. (12) Law - applicable ordinances, and regulations. Fed~ral, State, and local statutes, (13) Packaged -'bottled, canned, cartoned, bagged, or securely wrapped. (I4) Permit - the d.o~ument issued by the regulatory authority which authorizes a person to operate a retail food store. (IS) Person an'y individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal e~tity. (16) Person in charge - the individual present in a retail food store who is the supervisor of the retail food store at the time of inspection. If no individual is the apparent supervisor, then any employee present is the person in char~e. 2