Section 61314 Of Article 1. Definitions From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 21. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.

. "Producer" means any person that operates a dairy herd which produces milk or cream commercially and whose bulk milk or bulk cream is received or handled by any distributor, manufacturer, or any nonprofit cooperative association of producers. It includes the nonprofit cooperative associations described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 61331) of this chapter in the transactions in which such article provides the associations are producers.