Missouri § 275.300 - Definitions.
Full text of Missouri Revised Statutes of Missouri § 275.300 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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)
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Section 275.300 ("Definitions.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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