S.L. 449.33 Art. 3Interpretation. Cap. 449.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Food Safety Act;

"authorised officer" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Act; "consumer" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Act;

"food business" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Act;

"monitoring" in relation to air temperatures, is the action performed by an appropriate instrument for the measurement of air temperatures which instrument then records, either continuously or at frequent and regular intervals, the measurements it has taken; "quick-frozen food'' means any food which -

(a) has undergone a suitable freezing process known as "quick-freezing" whereby the zone of maximum crystallisation is crossed as rapidly as possible, depending on the type of product, and the resulting temperature of the product, after thermal stabilisation, is continuously maintained at a level of -18ºC or lower,

(b) (i) is marked in such a way as to indicate, in accordance with these regulations, that it possesses this characteristic; and

(ii) which is labelled for the purpose of sale to indicate that it has undergone that process, but shall not include ice-cream or any other edible ices;

"retail display cabinet" means any cabinet from which any quick-frozen food is offered for sale;

"storage" includes keeping in warehouses.