Minnesota Administrative Rules

1556.0110 DEFINITIONS.

Subpart 1.

Scope.

The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.

Subp. 2.

Agricultural products.

"Agricultural products" means livestock or livestock products, dairy products, poultry or poultry products, fish, fruit, vegetables, grains, including natural and cultivated wild rice, bees, apiary products, products made from trees, including firewood, wreaths, maple syrup and maple products, Christmas trees, and greenhouse and nursery crops.

Subp. 3.

Commissioner.

"Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's authorized representative.

Subp. 4.

Department.

"Department" means the Department of Agriculture.

Subp. 4a.

Hand harvested wild rice.

"Hand harvested wild rice" means 100 percent natural lake or river grown wild rice which was hand harvested in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 84.111.

Subp. 5.

Improper use.

"Improper use" means unauthorized use of the labeling statement or use of the labeling statement in violation of this chapter.

Subp. 6.

Processor.

"Processor" means an individual, partnership, cooperative association, or corporation that processes raw agricultural products and other food ingredients into food products or commercially slaughters or processes animals or poultry.

Subp. 7.

Produced in Minnesota.

"Produced in Minnesota" means dairy animals, poultry, or other livestock that were fed in Minnesota for at least 60 days prior to milking, processing, or slaughtering, maple syrup or maple products that were collected from trees growing in Minnesota, Christmas trees, wreaths, firewood, and other products made from trees grown in Minnesota for not less than one year, fruits, vegetables, grains, or nursery crops, including but not limited to trees, shrubs, and perennials that have been grown in Minnesota for at least 90 days prior to sale, or greenhouse crops, including but not limited to annual plants that have been grown in Minnesota for at least 28 days prior to sale.

Subp. 8.

Producer.

"Producer" means an individual, partnership, family farm, family farm corporation, authorized farm corporation, or cooperative association engaged in the production for sale or harvest for sale of agricultural products.

Subp. 9.

Retailer.

"Retailer" means an individual, partnership, cooperative association, or corporation that purchases an agricultural product from a producer or wholesaler to sell the agricultural product to a consumer rather than to a person who will resell the product in any form.

Subp. 10.

Wholesaler.

"Wholesaler" means an individual, partnership, cooperative association, corporation, business trust, or unincorporated organization that purchases an agricultural product from a producer or another wholesaler to sell or supply the agricultural product to a retailer, industrial buyer, restaurant, or institution, or to sell it on behalf of one wholesaler to another wholesaler.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 17.102

History:

13 SR 2896; 15 SR 692; 29 SR 655; 33 SR 1747

Published Electronically:

April 20, 2009