Iowa Code 189.1 – Definitions
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For the purpose of this subtitle, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Article” means food, commercial feed, agricultural seed, commercial fertilizer, drug, pesticide, hemp or a hemp product, and paint, in the sense in which they are defined in the various provisions of this subtitle.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 189.1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Department: means the department of environmental quality in a reference to a time before July 1, 1983, the department of water, air and waste management in a reference to a time on or after July 1, 1983, and through June 30, 1986, and the department of natural resources on or after July 1, 1986, and includes any officer or agency within that department. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and if the department is required or authorized to do an act, the act may be performed by a regular assistant or a duly authorized agent of the department.
3. “Official laboratory” means a biological, chemical, or physical laboratory which performs testing or analysis pursuant to scientific procedures, to the extent the laboratory is recognized by the department as a reliable indicator of scientific results.
4. “Package” or “container”, unless otherwise defined, includes wrapper, box, carton, case, basket, can, bottle, jar, tube, cask, vessel, tub, keg, jug, barrel, tank, tank car, and other receptacles of a like nature; and the expression “offered or exposed for sale or sold in package or wrapped form” means the offering or exposing for sale, or selling of an article which is contained in a package or container as defined in this section.
5. “Pasteurization” or “pasteurized” means the procedure of processing milk or a milk product, in order to ensure its safety from contaminants, if the procedure of pasteurization is consistent with standards adopted by the department pursuant to section 192.102.
6. “Person” includes a corporation, company, firm, society, or association; and the act, omission, or conduct of any officer, agent, or other person acting in a representative capacity shall be imputed to the organization or person represented, and the person acting in that capacity shall also be liable for violations of this subtitle.
7. “Rules” includes regulations and orders by the department.
8. “Secretary” means the secretary of agriculture.
9. “United States Pharmacopoeia” or “National Formulary” means the latest revision of these publications official at the time of a transaction which is in question.