Minnesota Administrative Rules

1520.5200 DEFINITIONS.

Subpart 1.

Applicability.

Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of parts 1520.5200 to 1520.7200 the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean.

Subp. 2.

Affiliated flock owner.

"Affiliated flock owner" means a flock owner who is participating in the plan through an agreement with a participating hatchery.

Subp. 3.

Authorized agent.

"Authorized agent" means any person authorized by the department to do flock selection work.

Subp. 4.

Baby poultry.

"Baby poultry" means newly hatched poultry (chicks, ducklings, goslings, keets, etc.) that have not been fed or watered.

Subp. 5.

Board.

"Board" means the Minnesota Board of Animal Health.

Subp. 6.

Commissioner.

"Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.

Subp. 7.

Dealer.

"Dealer" means a person dealing in hatching eggs, breeding stock, or poultry who does not operate a hatchery.

Subp. 8.

Department.

"Department" means the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, unless otherwise indicated.

Subp. 9.

Domesticated.

"Domesticated" means propagated and maintained under the control of a person.

Subp. 10.

Exhibition poultry.

"Exhibition poultry" means domesticated fowl which are bred for the combined purposes of meat or egg production and competitive showing.

Subp. 11.

Flock.

As applied to breeding, "flock" means all poultry of one kind of mating (breed and variety or combination of stocks) and of one classification on one farm.

Subp. 12.

Franchise breeder.

"Franchise breeder" means a breeder who normally sells products under a specific strain or trade name and who authorizes other hatcheries to produce and sell products under this same strain or trade name.

Subp. 13.

Franchise hatchery.

"Franchise hatchery" means a hatchery which has been authorized by a franchise breeder to produce and sell products under the breeder's strain or trade name.

Subp. 14.

Game birds.

"Game birds" means domesticated fowl such as pheasants, partridge, quail, grouse, and guineas, but not doves and pigeons.

Subp. 15.

Hatchery.

"Hatchery" means hatchery equipment on one premises operated or controlled by any person for the production of baby poultry.

Subp. 16.

Independent flock owner.

"Independent flock owner" means a flock owner who is participating in the plan through an agreement with the department.

Subp. 17.

Official state agency.

"Official state agency" means the state authority recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture to cooperate in the administration of the plan.

Subp. 18.

Operating year.

"Operating year" means the period from July 1 through June 30 or any portion thereof.

Subp. 19.

Person.

"Person" means a natural person, firm, or corporation.

Subp. 20.

Plan.

"Plan" means the provisions of the National Poultry Improvement Plan contained in parts 1520.5200 to 1520.7200.

Subp. 21.

Poultry.

"Poultry" means domesticated fowl, including chickens, waterfowl, and game birds, except doves and pigeons, which are bred for the primary purpose of producing eggs or meat.

Subp. 22.

Products.

"Products" means poultry breeding stock, hatching eggs, baby poultry, and started poultry.

Subp. 23.

Started poultry.

"Started poultry" means young poultry (chicks, pullets, cockerels, capons, ducklings, goslings, keets, etc.) that have been fed or watered and are less than six months of age.

Subp. 24.

State.

"State" means any state, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.

Subp. 25.

State inspector.

"State inspector" means any person employed or authorized by the department to do inspection work under this program.

Subp. 26.

Stock.

"Stock" is a term used to identify the progeny of a specific breeding combination within a species of poultry. These breeding combinations may include pure strains, strain crosses, breed crosses, or combinations thereof.

Subp. 27.

Strain.

"Strain" means poultry breeding stock bearing a given name produced by a breeder through at least five generations of closed flock breeding.

Subp. 28.

Trade name or number.

"Trade name or number" means a name or number compatible with state and federal laws and regulations applied to a specific stock or product thereof.

Subp. 29.

USDA.

"USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture.

Subp. 30.

Waterfowl.

"Waterfowl" means domesticated fowl that normally swim, such as ducks and geese.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 29.021; 29.27; 31.11

History:

19 SR 75

Published Electronically:

August 13, 2002