When used in sections 196.450 to 196.515 , unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Chill room" means a room or space in a locker plant, artificially cooled, provided for the temporary holding or storage of food prior to its processing or freezing for storage; (2) "Cutting or processing room" means a separate room or space in a locker plant in which food products are prepared for quick or sharp freezing; (3) "Department" means department of agriculture of the state of Missouri; (4) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture of the state of Missouri; (5) "Food" means all articles used for food, drink, confectionery or condiment by man, whether simple, mixed or compound, and any substance used as a constituent in the manufacture thereof; (6) "Locker" means the individual sections or compartments of a capacity of not to exceed fifty cubic feet, in the locker room of a locker plant; (7) "Locker plant" means a location or establishment in which space in individual lockers is rented for the storage of food; (8) "Locker room" means that space or room in a locker plant which contains individual lockers or compartments which are for rent for the storage of frozen food; (9) "Operator" means any person, copartnership, firm or corporation operating or maintaining a locker plant; (10) "Quick or sharp freeze" means the freezing of food in a room in which the temperature is zero or lower; (11) "Quick or sharp freezing room" means that space in a locker plant in which food is quick or sharp frozen prior to storage in lockers; (12) "Quick or sharp frozen" means the condition of food which has been thoroughly frozen in a quick or sharp freezing room; (13) "Temperature" means degrees shown on Fahrenheit thermometer.
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