Reduced Oxygen Packaging.

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presented for consumption without the need for further washing, such as

at a buffet; and

4 Other food presented for consumption for which further

washing or cooking is not required and from which rinds, peels, husks, or

shells are removed.

(75) Reduced Oxygen Packaging.

(a) "Reduced oxygen packaging" means the reduction of the

amount of oxygen in a package by mechanically evacuating the oxygen;

displacing the oxygen with another gas or combination of gases; or

otherwise controlling the oxygen content in a package to a level below that

normally found in the surrounding atmosphere, which is 21% oxygen.

(b) "Reduced oxygen packaging" includes methods that may be

referred to as altered atmosphere, modified atmosphere, controlled

atmosphere, low oxygen, and vacuum packaging including sous vide.

(76) "Refuse" means solid waste not carried by water through the

sewage system.

(77) "Regulatory authority" is the local, state, federal

enforcement body, or authorized representative having jurisdiction over the

food establishment. In this publication the regulatory authority usually

means the Preventive Medicine Authority.

(78) "Restricted use pesticide" is a pesticide product that

contains the active ingredients specified in 40 CFR 152.175, Pesticides

Classified For Restricted Use, and that is limited to use by or under the

direct supervision of a certified applicator.

(79) "Safe material" means:

(a) An article manufactured from or composed of materials that

may not reasonably be expected to result, directly

or indirectly, in their becoming a component or otherwise affecting the

characteristics of any food;

(b) An additive that is used as specified in

Paragraph 409 or 706 of the Federal food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or