Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 5 > Part 1 - Administration

• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and food. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Consumer commodity: means a food, as defined by this chapter, or by the federal act. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Contaminated: means not securely protected from dust, dirt, or foreign or injurious agents. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• 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 Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Farm: means an agricultural operation, under management by one entity, that grows or harvests crops. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Farmers market: means a market where a producer of a food product sells only a fresh, raw, whole, unprocessed, and unprepared food item directly to the final consumer. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Federal act: means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Utah Code 4-5-102
• Food: means :
       (8)(a) an article used for food or drink for human or animal consumption or the components of the article;
       (8)(b) chewing gum or chewing gum components; or
       (8)(c) a food supplement for special dietary use that is necessitated because of a physical, physiological, pathological, or other condition. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Food additive: includes a substance or source of radiation intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Food establishment: means a grocery store, bakery, candy factory, food processor, bottling plant, sugar factory, cannery, farm, rabbit processor, meat processor, flour mill, cold or dry warehouse storage, or other facility where food products are manufactured, canned, processed, packaged, stored, transported, prepared, sold, or offered for sale. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Label: means a written, printed, or graphic display on the immediate container of an article of food. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Labeling: means a label and other written, printed, or graphic display:
       (12)(a) on an article of food or the article of food's container or wrapper; or
       (12)(b) accompanying the article of food. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Package: means a container or wrapping in which a consumer commodity is enclosed for use in the delivery or display of the consumer commodity to retail purchasers. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Pesticide: means a substance intended:
            (15)(a)(i) to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate a pest, as defined under Section 4-14-102; or
            (15)(a)(ii) for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Produce: means a food that is a:
       (17)(a) fruit, vegetable, mix of intact fruits and vegetables, mushroom, sprout from any seed source, peanut, tree nut, or herb; and
       (17)(b) raw agricultural commodity. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Raw agricultural commodity: means a food in the food's raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed, colored, or otherwise treated in the fruit's unpeeled, natural form before marketing. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• Sprout: means the shoot of a plant generally harvested when cotyledons are undeveloped or underdeveloped and mature leaves have not emerged. See Utah Code 4-5-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5