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MO~,11.:d8", AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 15 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (2006) AND ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 15.1 PERTAINING TO FOOD AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. repealed. That Chapter 15 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) is hereby 2. That it hereby adopts a new Chapter 15.1 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) to read as follows: Chapter 15.1 FOOD AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 15.1-1. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Director means the director of the department of public health or his/her designee. Food service employee orfood employee means any person who handles food or drink during storage, preparation or serving, or who comes in contact with any eating or cooking utensils orfood service equipment, or who is employed in an area on the premises in which food or drink is stored, prepared or served. Food service manager means an operator or other person who has completed the requirements for, and obtained, a food service manager card issued by the director of public health or such director's authorized representatives. Operator means any person who, by contract, agreement or ownership, takes the responsibility for the operation of a food establishment. Risk assessment means an inspection of a food establishment and an evaluation thereof by the director to determine the potential for a foodborne illness to occur as a result of food manufactured, prepared, packed, stored, sold or distributed by the food establishment. Such an assessment may include an analysis on one or more occasions of food manufactured, prepared, packed, stored, sold or distributed by the food establishment.