Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND MARKETS › Sub-Agency 030 - CONSUMER ASSURANCE SECTION › Chapter 002 - PRICE DISCLOSURE RULES FOR HOME FOOD SERVICE PLAN SALES › Section 20 030 002 - PRICE DISCLOSURE RULES FOR HOME FOOD SERVICE PLAN SALES

Current through June, 2024
Section 1 DEFINITIONS
As used in this section, the following words and
				phrases shall have the following meanings:
a. Buyer. "Buyer" means both the
			 actual and prospective purchaser, but does not include persons
			 purchasing for resale.
b.
			 Food Item. "Food Item" means each edible food product sold as part of
			 a home food service plan, including, but not limited to, each
			 constituent part or kind of meat cut from a primal source, each kind
			 of whole poultry or poultry part, seafood products, and any other
			 item of food intended for human consumption.
c. Home Food Service Plan. "Home
			 Food Service Plan" means any combination of food items, or food items
			 in combination with any non-food item and/or services, sold or
			 offered for sale to a consumer, in person, in the consumer's home,
			 whether or not a membership fee or similar charge is
			 involved.
d. Membership
			 Fee. "Membership fee" means an optional one-time charge by a seller
			 of home food service plans to a buyer which allows the buyer to
			 obtain special benefits, such as price savings, not available to
			 nonmembers. In order for a membership fee to be exempt from inclusion
			 in the unit price the seller must inform the buyer of the option to
			 purchase the membership, or not to do so, prior to the time of
			 sale.
e. Non-Food Item.
			 "Non-Food Item" means each inedible product sold as part of a home
			 food service plan, including, but not limited to, paper products,
			 health and beauty products, detergents, cleaners and disinfectants,
			 rolls of wrapping and like products.
The term does not include food items and durable
				consumer goods such as appliances.
f. Primal Source. "Primal Source"
			 means the following cuts:
(i) for
			 beef, the primal sources are the round, flank, loin, rib, plate,
			 brisket, chuck and shank;
(ii) for veal and lamb or mutton,
			 the primal sources are the leg, flank, loin, rack (rib), and
			 shoulder; and
(iii) for
			 pork, the primal sources are the belly, loin, ham, spareribs,
			 shoulder, and jowl.
g. Reasonable delivery charge.
			 "Reasonable delivery charge" means a service fee charged for the
			 actual delivery of a home food service plan which does not exceed
			 fees of $ 100.00 or 10% of the total cost of the plan, whichever is
			 greater.
h. Seller.
			 "Seller" means any person, partnership, corporation or association,
			 however organized, engaged in the sale of a home food service
			 plan.
i. Unit Price.
			 "Unit Price" means the retail price of a food or non-food item sold
			 as part of a home food service plan, computed to the nearest tenth of
			 one cent when less than one dollar and to the nearest cent when one
			 dollar or more. The unit price shall be expressed in terms of the
			 price per unit of weight, measure, or count as set forth in the
			 "Uniform Unit Pricing Regulation" in the current edition of National
			 Institute of Standards and Technology handbook 130, or as otherwise
			 established by rule. It shall include all charges except membership
			 fees and reasonable delivery charges.