Section 69022 Of Article 2. Definitions From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 22. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 2.
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. "Processor" and "first handler" are synonymous and mean any
person engaged, within this state, in the operation of hulling and
drying pistachios that he or she has produced or purchased or
acquired from a producer, or that he or she is hulling and drying on
behalf of a producer, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, or
otherwise. "Processor" does not include, however, a retailer, except
a retailer who purchases or acquires from, or hulls and dries on
behalf of, any producer, pistachios that were not previously subject
to regulation by the commission. When the processor is a corporation,
all the directors and officers of the corporation in their capacity
as individuals are included, and any liability for failure to collect
or make payment of assessments to which a corporate processor may be
subject pursuant to this chapter includes the same liability for
each individual director or officer of the corporation.