N.M. Stat. § 25-1-2
Definitions.
As used in the Food Service Sanitation Act:
A. "agency" or "division" means the department of environment;
B. "board" means the environmental improvement board;
C. "employee" means any individual employed in a food service establishment who
transports food or food containers, who handles food during storage, preparation or
serving, who comes in contact with any utensils or who is employed in a room in which
food is stored, prepared or served;
D. "food" means any solid or liquid substance intended for human consumption by
eating or drinking;
E. "general public" includes beneficiaries of governmental feeding programs and
private charitable feeding programs and residents and employees of institutions that
provide meals to their residents and employees either with or without direct payment to
the institution by the residents or employees;
F. "temporary food service establishment" means a food service establishment that
operates at a fixed location in conjunction with a single event or celebration for a short
period of time not exceeding the event or celebration or not exceeding thirty days;
G. "person" means an individual or any other legal entity;
H. "food service establishment" means:
(1)
any fixed or mobile place where food is served and sold for consumption
on the premises;
(2)
any fixed or mobile place where food is prepared for sale to or
consumption by the general public either on or off the premises, including any place
where food is manufactured for ultimate sale in a sealed original package, but
"prepared" as used in this paragraph does not include the preparation of raw fruits,
vegetables or pure honey for display and sale in a grocery store or similar operation.
For purposes of this paragraph, "pure honey" means natural liquid or solid honey,
extracted from the combs or in the comb, taken from beehives, with no processing or
additional ingredients. "Food service establishment" does not mean a dairy
establishment; and
(3)
meat markets, whether or not operated in conjunction with a grocery store;
I. "utensil" means any implement used in the storage, preparation, transportation or
service of food; and
J. "dairy establishment" means a milk processing or milk producing facility.