This chapter shall be known as the Agricultural Producers Marketing Law.
The Agricultural Producers Marketing LawShort Title and Definitions
Section § 59501
This law is referred to as the Agricultural Producers Marketing Law. It likely deals with regulations and policies regarding how agricultural producers can market their products.
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Section § 59502
This section means that the meanings of words or terms defined in this article apply throughout the whole chapter, unless it's clear they mean something else in a specific context.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
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Section § 59504
This law defines 'commodity' as any product from plants, animals, or aquatic farming. However, it specifically excludes milk and milk products from this definition.
“Commodity” means any horticultural, viticultural, or vegetable product of the soil, aquacultural, livestock and livestock products, and poultry and poultry products. It does not, however, include milk or milk products.
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Section § 59505
A 'Dealer' is defined as either a distributor or a retailer.
“Dealer” means any distributor or retailer.
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Section § 59506
This law defines a 'Distributor' as anyone, other than a retailer, who buys and sells commodities either in large quantities (wholesale) or directly to consumers (retail).
“Distributor” means any person, except a retailer, that acquires and distributes any commodity at wholesale or retail.
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Section § 59507
In this context, a "handler" is someone who gets a product directly from the producer with the intention of selling it or distributing it.
“Handler” means any person that receives any commodity from the producer for the purpose of marketing it.
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Section § 59508
A 'marketing program' refers to any program that includes rules or elements allowed by Article 8, beginning with Section 59801, in this legal chapter.
“Marketing program” means any program which contains provisions which are authorized by Article 8 (commencing with Section 59801) of this chapter.
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Section § 59509
The term "primary channel of trade" refers to when a producer, or a group of producers working together, hands over their product to someone else as part of doing business.
“Primary channel of trade” means that transaction in which the producer or a cooperative marketing association of producers transfers physical possession of the commodity to another person in the current of commercial trade.
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Section § 59510
A 'producer' is anyone whose business involves growing or producing a product for commercial sale.
“Producer” means any person that is engaged in the business of growing or producing any commodity for commercial use.
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Section § 59511
The term “Processor” refers to anyone who buys or takes possession of a commodity to process, manufacture, or sell it in a preserved form like dried or canned. This includes businesses and individuals who resell commodities after buying them from producers specifically for processing or manufacturing purposes.
“Processor” means any person that buys, or otherwise takes title to or possession of, any commodity for the purpose of processing or manufacturing it or selling, reselling, or redelivering it in dried, canned, extracted, fermented, distilled, or other preserved form. It also includes all of the following:
(a)CA Food And Agriculture Code § 59511(a) Any person or exchange that conducts such business.
(b)CA Food And Agriculture Code § 59511(b) Any person or exchange that buys any commodity from the producer of the commodity for the purpose of reselling it to any person or exchange that conducts such business.
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Section § 59512
This law section defines 'proration' as a method used to control how much of a commodity producers are allowed to harvest, prepare for sale, or sell within primary market channels during a specific timeframe. It involves applying a set rule to distribute production limits fairly among all producers impacted.
“Proration” means the application of allocated quantities or percentages under a uniform rule to the production, or merchantable production, of all producers that are affected, for the purpose of regulating the quantity of any commodity which may be harvested, prepared for market, or marketed in primary channels of trade during any specified period.
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