Article 1. Definitions of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.5. >> Article 1.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

"Animal" includes, but is not limited to, any domesticated fowl or nonhuman mammal and any wild fowl, bird, or mammal that is reduced to captivity.

"Biologics" means all viruses, serums, antibody products, toxins (excluding substances that are selectively toxic to microorganisms, for example, antibiotics), or analogous products at any stage of production, shipment, distribution, or sale, which are intended for use in the treatment of animals and which act primarily through the direct stimulation, supplementation, enhancement, or modulation of the immune system or immune response.

"Blood and blood component products" means whole blood collected directly from a donor animal for transfusion or the blood components for transfusion including packed red blood cells, platelet-rich plasma, platelet concentrates, fresh plasma, fresh frozen plasma, frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, and cryosupernatant. Antibody products like hyperimmune serums are considered "biologics" and are excluded from this definition of blood and blood component products.

"Commercial blood bank for animals" means an establishment that produces animal blood or blood component products to market and sell for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of injury or disease in animals.

"Production" means collection of blood or the preparation, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of blood or blood component products for the purpose of transfusion.