New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING › Chapter 15 - AGRICULTURE GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - ORGANIC AGRICULTURE › Section 21.15.1.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The following definitions apply to this part and all other
				  regulations the department adopts.
A.
"Accreditation"
means a determination made by USDA that authorizes
				a private, foreign, or state entity to conduct certification activities as a
				certifying agent under the standards.
B.
"Agricultural product"
means
				any agricultural commodity or product, whether raw or processed, including any
				commodity or product derived from livestock.
C.
"Application"
means a formal
				request to an authority for the purpose of organic certification.
D.
"Certify or certification or
				certified"
means a determination made by a USDA-accredited certifying
				agent that a production or handling operation is in compliance with the Organic
				Foods Production Act of 1990 and the standards which is documented by a
				certificate of organic operation.
E.
"Certifying agent"
means any
				entity accredited by the national organic program as a certifying agent for the
				purpose of certifying a production or handling operation as a certified
				production or handling operation.
F.
"Department"
means the New
				Mexico department of agriculture.
G.
"Farm operation"
means
				raising, cultivating, propagating, fattening, grazing, or any other farming or
				ranching activity.
H.
"Fees"
means funds collected by the department as provided for
				under the act.
I.
"Handler"
means any person who engages in the business of handling
				agricultural products, including producers who handle crops or livestock of
				their own production, except such term shall not include final retailers of
				agricultural products that do not process agricultural products. This may
				include a processor.
J.
"National organic program"
means the USDA program authorized by
				the federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 for the purpose of
				implementing its provisions.
K.
"Organic"
means a labeling term that refers to an agricultural
				product produced in accordance with the federal Organic Foods Production Act of
				1990.
L.
"Organic
				products"
means all products certified by the department as "100 percent
				organic," "organic" or "made with organic (ingredients or food
				groups)."
M.
"Processor"
means any person who engages in the cooking, baking,
				curing, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, extracting,
				slaughtering, cutting, fermenting, distilling, eviscerating, preserving,
				dehydrating, freezing, chilling, or otherwise manufacturing and includes the
				packaging, canning, jarring, or otherwise enclosing food in a
				container.
N.
"Producer"
means a person who engages in the business of growing
				or producing food, fiber, feed, and other agricultural products.
O.
"Renewal"
means annual update
				required for continued certification.
P.
"Reviewing Process"
means the
				review of an application prior to conducting an inspection of the applicant's
				scope(s).
Q.
"Scope"
refers to operation type; crops, livestock, wild crops, and handling.
R.
"Standards"
means the
				specific federal requirements that must be verified by the certifying agent
				accredited by the national organic program of the USDA before products can be
				labeled organic.
S.
"USDA"
means United States department of agriculture.