Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 3001Q. Definitions

(1) “ASTM D6400 standard specification” means the standard specification for labeling of plastics designed to be aerobically composted in municipal or industrial facilities set by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

(2) “ASTM D6868 standard specification” means the standard specification for labeling of end items that incorporate plastics and polymers as coatings or additives with paper and other substrates designed to be aerobically composted in municipal or industrial facilities set by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

(3) “Beverage stirrer” means a single-service article primarily intended to be used to stir a beverage, such as coffee, cocoa, or tea.

(4) “Beverage straw” or “straw” means a single-service tube primarily intended to be used for transferring a beverage from its container to the mouth when drinking.

(5) “Cocktail pick” means a single-service article that is used to garnish a beverage, including to hold an olive or fruit.

(6) “Compostable” means that all the materials in the article will break down into, or otherwise become part of, usable compost in a safe and timely manner in an appropriate composting facility or in a home compost pile or device.  “Compostable” includes articles with a certification logo indicating that the article meets the ASTM D6400 standard specification or ASTM D6868 standard specification.

(7) “Food service packaging” means a single-service article used for serving or transporting prepared, ready-to-consume food or beverages, including plates, cups, bowls, trays, and hinged or lidded containers.

(8) “Health-care provider” means a facility that provides “long-term, acute, or outpatient health-care services” as defined in § 7971 of Title 29.

(9) “Plastic” means a synthetic material made from organic polymers, including polypropylene and polystyrene, that can be molded into shape while soft, and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form.

(10) “Polystyrene foam” or “polystyrene” means blown polystyrene and expanded or extruded foams using a styrene monomer.  “Polystyrene foam” or “polystyrene” does not mean clear or solid polystyrene.

(11) “Polystyrene foam food service packaging” means food service packaging made from polystyrene foam.  “Polystyrene foam food service packaging” does not mean polystyrene foam products that are containers used to contain, transport, or package raw, uncooked, or butchered meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, fruits, or vegetables.

(12) “Pre-packaged” means bottled, canned, cartoned, bagged, or wrapped at a food processing plant or before arriving at a food establishment.

(13) “Sandwich pick” means a single-service article, either hollow or solid, commonly used to pierce a sandwich.

(14) The following terms mean as defined in the Delaware Food Code, Regulation 4458 of Title 16 [16 DE Admin. Code 4458] of the Delaware Administrative Code: