As found in California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law (CURFFL) excerpt from
the California Health and Safety Code, Article 2, Section 113780:
"Food establishment" means any room, building, or place, or portion thereof,
maintained, used, or operated for the purpose of storing, preparing, serving,
manufacturing, packaging, transporting, salvaging, or otherwise handling food at the
retail level. "Food establishment" includes a restricted food service transient
occupancy establishment, as defined in Section 113870.
"Food establishment" does not include a commercial food processing establishment as
defined in Section 111955, at the wholesale level, a mobile food facility, vending
machine, satellite food distribution facility, temporary food facility, open-air
barbecue, certified farmers' market, stationary mobile food preparation unit, or
mobile food preparation unit.
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