71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 3865
 
                         House Bill 3488
 
Sponsored by Representative KRIEGER
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
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measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Specifies that certain raw fish filleted and sold directly from
commercial fishing vessel is not food subject to sanitary
regulations for food and food establishments.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to regulation of the sale of raw fish; amending ORS
  616.695.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 616.695 is amended to read:
  616.695. As used in ORS 616.695 to 616.755, unless the context
requires otherwise:
  (1) 'Department' means the State Department of Agriculture.
  (2) 'Food establishment' means:
  (a) Any room, building, structure or place, used or intended
for use, or operated for storing, preparing, compounding,
manufacturing, processing, freezing, packaging, distributing,
handling, salvaging or displaying food.
  (b) The ground upon which such place or business is operated or
used and so much ground adjacent thereto as is also used in
carrying on the business of the establishment. The department may
prescribe such additional area or places which, although they may
not be contiguous or adjacent to the above area or establishment,
may be included therein.
  (c) Vehicles, machinery, equipment, utensils, tools, fixtures,
implements, and all other articles or items, used in operating or
carrying on the business of a food establishment.
  (3) 'Food'   { - means - }   { + includes + } any article used,
or intended to be used, for food, ice, drink, confection or
condiment, whether simple or compound, or any part or ingredient
thereof or in the preparation thereof, and for human
consumption. { +  'Food' does not include fish that is filleted
and sold raw directly from a vessel licensed under the commercial
fishing laws, except for those members of the family Scombrodae
commonly known as tuna. + }
  (4) 'Salvaging' means the business of reconditioning,
repacking, relabeling, cleaning or culling of foods that have
been damaged or adulterated as a result of fire, storm, flood,
water, smoke, chemicals or commercial transit accident.
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