3-481

3-481. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Associate director" means the associate director of the division.

2. "Bulk lot" means fresh fruit or vegetables that are not contained in a box,
carton, crate or lug but may be contained in a bin or a similar container and are set
apart from fresh fruit and vegetables that are packaged in containers authorized pursuant
to this article or rules adopted pursuant to this article.

3. "By-products" means a product commercially processed or manufactured for resale
from fruits or vegetables or their juices.

4. "Commission merchant" means a person who receives on consignment or solicits
from the producer any fruit or vegetable for sale on commission on behalf of the producer
or who accepts any fruit or vegetable in trust from the producer for the purpose of
resale. Commission merchant does not include a shipper.

5. "Container" means a box, carton or lug that is used for packing, shipping or
selling fruit or vegetables that are authorized by this article or rules adopted pursuant
to this article.

6. "Dealer" means a person that sells, markets or distributes fruit or vegetables
that the person purchased from a producer or markets as an agent, broker or commission
merchant, except at retail. Dealer does not include a shipper.

7. "Division" means the plant services division of the Arizona department of
agriculture.

8. "Lot" means a unit of identical or similar items that are produced by one person
and that are grouped or consolidated in one or more containers for packaging or
transporting or a cluster of identical or similar items that are produced by one person
and that are included in the same shipping order, bill of lading or other itemized
transport order.

9. "Packer" means a person, other than a producer, shipper or dealer, engaged in
the business of harvesting or packing fruit or vegetables.

10. "Person" includes an individual, firm, association, partnership, trust or
corporation.

11. "Producer" means a person engaged in this state in the business of producing or
causing fruit or vegetables to be produced for market in commercial quantities.

12. "Shipper" means a person who ships, transports, sells or markets fruit or
vegetables under the person's registered trademark or label or a person who first markets
the fruit or vegetables on behalf of the producer. Shipper does not include a commission
merchant.

13. "Supervisor" means the supervisor of standardization employed pursuant to
section 3-483.