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Section 46004.1 Of Chapter 10. Organic Foods From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 17. >> Chapter 10.
46004.1
. Unless defined pursuant to the National Organic Program
(NOP), the following words and phrases, when used in this act, shall
have the following meanings:
(a) "Act" means this chapter. It also means the federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 6501 et seq.) and the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 6501 et seq.).
(b) "Categorical products" means categories of products of like commodity such as apples, salad products, etc. and does not require variety specific information.
(c) "Enforcement authority" means the governmental unit with primary enforcement jurisdiction, as provided in Section 46008.
(d) "Exempt handler" means a handling operation that sells agricultural products as "organic" but whose gross agricultural income from organic sales totals five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less annually.
(e) "Exempt producer" means a production operation that sells agricultural products as "organic" but whose gross agricultural income from organic sales totals five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less annually.
(f) "Handle" means to sell, process, or package agricultural products.
(g) "Handler" means any person engaged in the business of handling agricultural products, but does not include final retailers of agricultural products that do not process agricultural products.
(h) "Handling operation" means any operation or portion of an operation, except final retailers of agricultural products that do not process agricultural products that (1) receives or otherwise acquires agricultural products, and (2) processes, packages, or stores agricultural products.
(i) "NOP" means the National Organic Program established pursuant to the federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 6501 et seq.) and the regulations adopted for implementation.
(j) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, trust, corporation, limited liability company, company, estate, public or private institution, association, organization, group, city, county, city and county, political subdivision of this state, other governmental agency within the state, and any representative, agent, or agency of any of the foregoing.
(k) "Processing" means cooking, baking, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, extracting, cutting, fermenting, eviscerating, preserving, dehydrating, freezing, or otherwise manufacturing, and includes packaging, canning, jarring, or otherwise enclosing food in a container.
(l) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
(m) "USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture.
(a) "Act" means this chapter. It also means the federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 6501 et seq.) and the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 6501 et seq.).
(b) "Categorical products" means categories of products of like commodity such as apples, salad products, etc. and does not require variety specific information.
(c) "Enforcement authority" means the governmental unit with primary enforcement jurisdiction, as provided in Section 46008.
(d) "Exempt handler" means a handling operation that sells agricultural products as "organic" but whose gross agricultural income from organic sales totals five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less annually.
(e) "Exempt producer" means a production operation that sells agricultural products as "organic" but whose gross agricultural income from organic sales totals five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less annually.
(f) "Handle" means to sell, process, or package agricultural products.
(g) "Handler" means any person engaged in the business of handling agricultural products, but does not include final retailers of agricultural products that do not process agricultural products.
(h) "Handling operation" means any operation or portion of an operation, except final retailers of agricultural products that do not process agricultural products that (1) receives or otherwise acquires agricultural products, and (2) processes, packages, or stores agricultural products.
(i) "NOP" means the National Organic Program established pursuant to the federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 6501 et seq.) and the regulations adopted for implementation.
(j) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, trust, corporation, limited liability company, company, estate, public or private institution, association, organization, group, city, county, city and county, political subdivision of this state, other governmental agency within the state, and any representative, agent, or agency of any of the foregoing.
(k) "Processing" means cooking, baking, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, extracting, cutting, fermenting, eviscerating, preserving, dehydrating, freezing, or otherwise manufacturing, and includes packaging, canning, jarring, or otherwise enclosing food in a container.
(l) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
(m) "USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture.
