The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that every food establishment
shall be conducted, operated and maintained in accordance with the
requirements prescribed in the following sections and with such additional
requirements as the Board may by regulation prescribe to protect the
health of the ultimate consumers of food handled in such establishments.
The provisions of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of
Agriculture, Title 7, Chapters 46, 57 and 65, codified at 3 Pa.C.S.A.
as may amended from time to time, are hereby adopted and incorporated
into this section as if fully set out herein.
In addition to the definitions contained in Title 7, the following
words or terms shall have the meaning prescribed below:
BOARD
Board of Commissioners of the Township of Haverford.
FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
Any place, restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, tavern, food
stand, private club; kitchen, dining room or snack bar at a hospital
or care facility; industrial kitchen, dining room, cafeteria or snack
bar; school lunchroom or cafeteria; grocery, market or convenience
store; vehicle or any other place where food, drinks or refreshments
are served, sold, handled or prepared and sold or given away over
any period of time; provided, however, that this definition shall
not be interpreted to include group homes or private homes.
LICENSE
The permission granted to a licensee to conduct a food establishment.
PROPRIETOR
Any person, partnership, association or corporation conducting
or operating within the limits of Haverford ownership a public eating
or drinking place.