Mo. Rev. Stat. § 196.450: Definitions.

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.