275.300. Definitions.
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275.300. Definitions. — When used in sections 275.300 to 275.370 the following terms mean:
(1)"Agricultural commodity" , any agriculture product that has been produced for purpose of sale or exchange except animals whose principal use could be construed as recreational, or as a pet;
(2)"Commercial quantity" , a quantity produced per year or other period of time which quantity is defined and determined by the commodity merchandising council concerned;
(3)"Commodity merchandising council" , a group representative of the commodity, hereafter referred to as the "council";
(4)"Director" , the director of the department of agriculture of the state of Missouri or his delegated representative;
(5)"Handler" , any person who engages in the selling, marketing, or distribution of any agricultural commodity on a wholesale basis, which he has purchased for resale or which he is marketing on behalf of a producer, and shall include a producer who distributes any agricultural commodity which he has produced;
(6)"Processor" , any person engaged in the receiving, grading, packing, canning, freezing, drying, or other methods of preparation for market of agricultural commodities produced in Missouri for sale;
(7)"Producer" , any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or unincorporated association engaged within this state in business of producing for market any agricultural commodity in commercial quantities.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 65 § 1, A.L. 1973 S.B. 92, A.L. 1979 S.B. 43)