Arkansas § 15-4-3803 - Definitions.

§ 15-4-3803. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter: “Agency” means an entity that receives at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year from the state and offers a food service program. “Agency” includes without limitation: An institution of higher education; A child care facility; A state park; An after-school program; A state agency or other entity of the state; A designee under contract to provide a food service program for an agency; and A designee under contract to provide wholesale local farm or food products for an agency; “Distributor” means a person or entity involved in marketing and distributing local farm or food products to another entity, including without limitation to: A restaurant; A healthcare facility; An educational institution; A hospitality business, including without limitation a hotel or inn; A government entity; or An agency. “Distributor” includes a person or entity that provides food products at wholesale to another company that provides or manages a food service program; “Food product” means a substance, whether in liquid, concentrated, solid, frozen, dried, or dehydrated form, that is sold for ingestion or chewing by humans and is consumed for its taste or nutritional value; “Food service program” means the preparation and consumption of food products at an on-site cafeteria. “Food service program” does not include catered events, franchises, or privately owned third-party vendors that do not serve as the primary provider for the delivery of food products on behalf of an agency; and “Local farm or food products” means food products that are grown in Arkansas or packaged and processed in Arkansas, or both.