A. Food Salvager. The term “Food Salvager” shall mean a person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of reconditioning, labeling, relabeling, repackaging, re-coopering, sorting, cleaning, culling or by other means salvaging and who sells, offers for sale or distributes for human or animal consumption any salvaged food, beverage (including beer, wine, and distilled spirits), vitamin, food supplement, dentifrice, drug, cosmetic, single-service food container or utensil, soda straws, paper napkins or any other product of a similar nature that has been damaged or contaminated by fire, water, smoke, chemicals, transit or by any other means.

B. Food Salvage Distributor. The term “Food Salvage Distributor” shall mean a person, firm or corporation engaging in the business of distributing, peddling or otherwise trafficking in any salvaged products enumerated in the definition of a food salvager.

C. Board of Health. The term “Board of Health” shall mean the Arkansas Board of Health.

D. Health Authority. The term “Health Authority” shall mean the Director, Arkansas Department of Health, or his authorized representative.

E. Salvageable Merchandise. The term “Salvageable Merchandise” shall mean any item listed above under subsection A. which can be reconditioned, labeled, relabeled, repackaged, recoopered, sorted, cleaned, culled or by any other means be salvaged to the satisfaction of the Health Authority.

G. Personnel. The term “Personnel” shall mean any person employed by a food salvager who does or may in any manner handle or come in contact with the handling, storing, transporting or selling of salvageable or salvaged merchandise.

H. Salvage Permit. The term “Salvage Permit” shall mean a permit to be issued by the Director, Arkansas Department of Health, to any food salvager or food salvage distributor if all provisions of these Regulations are met.

I. Sanitize. The term “Sanitize” shall mean effective bactericidal treatment of clean surfaces of equipment or merchandise of their containers by any method which has been approved by the Director, Arkansas Department of Health, as being effective in destroying micro-organisms, including pathogens which may be on the article being sanitized.

J. Application. The term “Application” shall mean a written application which is required pursuant to the issuance of a Salvage Permit. The application will be made on a form provided by the Health Authority.

K. Vehicle. The term “Vehicle” shall mean any truck, car, bus or other means by which merchandise is transported from one location to another.