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food" does not include raw, butchered meats, fish and/or poultry unless provided for consumption without further food preparation. "Retail food establishment" means any sales outlet, store, shop, vehicle, or other place of business which sells or conveys foods or beverages to ultimate consumers, which foods or beverages are contained, wrapped, or held in or one food packaging. "Retail food establishment" shall include, but not be limited to, any place where food is prepared, mixed, cooked, baked, smoked, preserved, bottled, packaged, handled, stored, manufactured, and sold or offered for sale, including, but not limited to a: restaurant; drive-in; coffee shop; cafeteria; short- order cafe; delicatessen; luncheonette; grill; sandwich shop; soda fountain; bed and breakfast; inn; tavern; bar; cocktail lounge; nightclub; roadside stand: take-out prepared food place; industrial feeding establishment; catering kitchen; mobile food preparation unit; commissary: grocery store; public food market; produce stand; food stand; or any other place in which food and drink or prepared for sale or for service on the premises or elsewhere; and any other establishment or operation where food is processed, prepared, served, or provided to or for consumers for charge. Section 20-_. Construction and preemption. Any provision of this article shall be null and void upon the adoption of any state or federal law or regulation imposing the same, or essentially the same, limits on the use of prohibited products as set forth in this article. This article is intended to be a proper exercise of the County's police power, to operate only upon its own officers, agents, employees and facilities and other persons acting within its boundaries, and not to regulate inter -county or inter -state commerce. It shall be construed with that intent. Division 2. Prohibitions and Requirements. Section 20- . Prohibitions. (a) A food vendor is prohibited from providing prepared food to a customer in disposable food service ware that uses polystyrene foam on or after July I, 2018. (b) Polystyrene foam food containers and polystyrene foam food service ware shall not be sold or provided by any food vendor in the County on or after July 1, 2018. Section 20-_. Required use of recyclable or compostable food service ware. (a) As of July 1, 2018, all food vendors using any disposable food service ware shall use a suitable recyclable or compostable product. (b) As of July I, 2018, all county facility users shall use a suitable recyclable or compostable product for disposable food service ware.