New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS › Chapter IV - Markets › Subchapter F - MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (ARTICLE 25 AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW) › Part 205 - New York State Cabbage Research And Development Program › Section 205.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Act means
				  article 25 of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New
				  York.
(b) Advisory board means the
				  advisory board established pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (9),
				  section 294, (article 25) of the Agriculture and Markets Law, and sections of
				  this order relating to the Cabbage Marketing Order advisory board (section
				  205.3 
				  et. seq.)
(c) Cabbage means all
				  cabbage that is produced in the defined production areas of New York
				  State.
(d) Commissioner means the
				  Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets of the State of New York, or any
				  officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture and Markets to whom
				  authority may be delegated to act pursuant to section 17  of the Agriculture and Markets
				  Law.
(e) Contributions means funds
				  submitted by any person, including processors, grower sales agents, storage
				  operators, or other handlers, and shall be considered income subject to the
				  same fiscal budget, audit, and disbursement controls as remitted grower
				  assessments provided in section
				  205.9  of
				  this Part.
(f) Department means the
				  Department of Agriculture and Markets of the State of New York.
(g) Grower means any person who produces or
				  causes to be produced cabbage as herein defined.
(h) Handler means any person engaged in the
				  operation of packing, grading, selling, offering for sale, or marketing
				  cabbage, who as owner, agent, or otherwise, ships or causes cabbage to be
				  shipped.
(i) Marketing season means
				  the period beginning July 1st of any year and extending through June 30th of
				  the following year.
(j) Person
				  means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, company, or
				  unincorporated association.
(k)
				  Processing and process are synonymous terms and means, the operations of
				  receiving, grading, packing, canning, freezing, dehydrating, preserving,
				  grinding, crushing, or in any other way preserving or changing the form of
				  cabbage, as herein defined for marketing in any form other than for fresh
				  consumption.
(l) Processor means
				  any person, firm, corporation, partnership, company, or unincorporated
				  association which is licensed to perform any of the functions of processing as
				  herein defined.
(m) Program means
				  New York State Cabbage Research and Development Program (marketing
				  order).
(n) Research means any
				  research to advance the image, desirability, marketability, production of
				  quality of cabbage, and the accumulation and dissemination of research data
				  with respect thereto.
(o) Storage
				  means any building, structure, or place where cabbage are stored in cold,
				  refrigerated, or controlled atmosphere storage.
(p) Storage operator means any person who or
				  which operates a cold, refrigerated, or controlled atmosphere storage in which
				  cabbage is stored.