Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-550 - Blueberry › Section 16-550-010 - Definitions of terms

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Definitions for terms used in this chapter are also found in
				  chapter
				  15.65 RCW, Washington
				  State Agricultural Commodity Boards Act. For the purpose of this marketing
				  order, the following additional definitions shall apply:
(1) "Director" means the director of
				agriculture of the state of Washington or his or her duly appointed
				representative.
(2) "Department"
				means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington.
(3) "Act" means the Washington State
				Agricultural Commodity Boards Act or
				chapter
				15.65 RCW.
(4) "Person" means any individual, firm,
				corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, partnership,
				society or any other organization of individuals, or any unit or agency of
				local or state government.
(5)
				"Affected producer" or "producer" means any person who produces blueberries in
				commercial quantities in the state of Washington, or who sells or stores
				blueberries in the state of Washington for fresh market or for processing. "To
				produce" means to act as a producer. For the purposes of the blueberry
				marketing order, "producer" shall include bailees who contract to produce or
				grow any agricultural product on behalf of a bailor who retains title to the
				seed and its resulting agricultural product or the agricultural product
				delivered for further production or increase.
(6) "Commercial quantity" means any
				blueberries produced, or stored, for a market by a producer in any calendar
				year.
(7) "Handler" means any
				person who acts as principal or agent or otherwise in processing, selling,
				marketing, storing, or distributing blueberries not produced by him/her.
				"Handler" does not include a common carrier used to transport an agricultural
				commodity. "To handle" means to act as a handler.
(8) "Blueberry commodity board" hereinafter
				referred to as "board" or "commission" means the commodity board formed under
				the provisions of WAC
				16-550-020 of this blueberry
				order.
(9) "Blueberries" means and
				includes all kinds, varieties, and hybrids of "vaccinium corym bosum" and
				"vaccinium australe" grown and marketed in the state of Washington.
(10) "Marketing season" or "fiscal year"
				means the twelve-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31, both
				dates being inclusive.
(11)
				"Producer-handler" means any person who acts both as a producer and as a
				handler with respect to blueberries. A producer-handler shall be deemed to be a
				producer with respect to the blueberries which he/she produces and a handler
				with respect to the blueberries which he/she handles, including those produced
				by himself/herself.
(12) "Affected
				area" means the state of Washington.
(13) "Sell" includes offer for sale, expose
				for sale, have in possession for sale, exchange, barter or trade.
(14) "Affected unit" means one pound net of
				blueberries.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.047 and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 06-17-078,
					 § 16-550-010, filed 8/14/06, effective 9/14/06. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.020 and
					 15.65.140. 91-01-054 (Order 2068),
					 § 16-550-010, filed 12/13/90, effective 1/13/91; Order 1116, §
					 16-550-010, filed 5/14/69, effective
					 6/15/69.