Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 8 > Chapter 79 > Subchapter 8 - Conservation, Liquidation, and Insolvency

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Commercial feed: means all materials except whole seeds unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated within the meaning of subsection 327(a) of this title, that are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed. See
• Distribute: means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, or barter commercial feed, feed supplements, or dosage form animal health products or to supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercial feed, feed supplements, or dosage form animal health products through any means, including sales outlets, catalogues, the telephone, the Internet, or any electronic means. See
• Dosage form animal health product: means any product intended to affect the structure or function of the animal's body or enhance or support the health or well-being of livestock, poultry, dogs, cats, or other domestic animals that does not provide nutritional benefit, does not require a prescription from a licensed veterinarian, is not intended for cosmetic purposes, or is exempted by the Secretary by rule. See
• Drug: means any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in domestic animals other than humans and substances other than feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body. See
• Feed supplement: means a material used with another to improve the nutritive balance or performance of the total and intended to be fed undiluted as a supplement to other feeds or offered free choice with other parts of the ration separately available or further diluted and mixed to produce a complete feed. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon a commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product or any of its containers; the wrapper accompanying the commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product; or advertisements, brochures, posters, electronic media, the Internet, and television and radio announcements used in promoting the sale of the commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product. See
• Manufacture: means to produce, grind, mix, or blend or further process a commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product for distribution. See
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Pet: means any domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the household of the owner. See
• Pet food: means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by pets. See
• Product: means the name of the commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product that identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.