Iowa § 190A.2 - 190A.2 Definitions.

§ 190A.2. 190A.2 Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship. 2. “Food animal” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species; a turkey, chicken, or other type of poultry; a farm deer as defined in section 170.1; a fish or other aquatic organism confined in private waters for human consumption; or a bee as defined in section 160.1A. 3. “Food commodity” means any of the following: a. A food animal that is to be slaughtered or harvested and that is to be processed into a food product. b. An item regularly generated by a food animal, including milk, eggs, or honey, that has been collected, and that is to be processed into a food product. c. Sap, whole nuts, or whole produce, including vegetables or fruit, that has been harvested and that is to be processed into a food product. 4. “Food product” means a perishable or nonperishable product derived from processing a food commodity to be fit for human consumption, including but not limited to cuts of meat, poultry, or fish; shelled aquatic items; pasteurized milk or dairy products; washed shelled eggs; honey; maple syrup; cleaned unshelled or shelled nuts; washed whole produce; and washed and cut produce. 5. “Fund” means the farm-to-school fund created in section 190A.5. 6. “Process” means to prepare a food commodity in a manner that allows it to be sold to consumers as a food product, including by altering the form or identity of the food commodity; trimming, cutting, cleaning, drying, freezing, filtering, sorting, or shelling the food commodity; or packaging the food commodity. 7. “Program” means the farm-to-school program created in section 190A.6. 8. “School” means a public school or nonpublic school, as those terms are defined in section 280.2, or that portion of a public school or nonpublic school that provides facilities for teaching any grade from kindergarten through grade twelve. 9. “School district” means a school district as described in chapter 274. 2021 Acts, ch 149, §5 Thu Dec 11 18:49:48 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 190A.2 (18, 0)