ARTICLE 1. Definitions [55401. - 55409.]

Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

§§ 55401–55409 · 12 sections

• § 55401 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 55402 “Agent” means any person that on behalf of any processor contracts for or solicits any farm product from a producer of the farm product, or that negotiates the…
• § 55402.3 “Cash” means coin or currency of the United States, and does not include a check or money order.
• § 55402.5 “Cash buying processor” means any person who is engaged in the business of processing or manufacturing any farm product; who obtains from the producer of any…
• § 55403 “Farm product” includes every agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, or vegetable product of the soil, honey and beeswax, oilseeds, poultry, poultry…
• § 55404 “Lender” includes any person that advances new value to a processor.
• § 55404.5 “Licensee” means any person licensed under the provisions of this chapter as a processor or cash buying processor.
• § 55405 “New value” includes any new advance or loan, whether in money or other property, which is made by a lender to a processor. It does not, however, include any…
• § 55406 “Packout basis” means that payment for the farm product is based on the grade or quality of the finished product, as determined at the completion of the…
• § 55407 “Processor” means any person that is engaged in the business of processing or manufacturing any farm product, that solicits, buys, contracts to buy, or…
• § 55408 “Producer” means any person that is engaged in the business of growing or producing any farm product.
• § 55409 Juice or must used for wine which, as a condition of sale, is required to be pressed or crushed from grapes in the field or at a facility not owned by the…