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200a-3
200A.3 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Advertise" means to present a commercial message in any
medium including but not limited to print, radio, television, sign,
display, label, tag, or articulation.
2. "Bulk dry animal nutrient product" or "bulk product"
means a dry animal nutrient product delivered to a purchaser in bulk
form to which a label cannot be attached.
3. "Department" means the department of agriculture and land
stewardship.
4. "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, hold out for
sale, exchange, barter, supply, or furnish a bulk dry animal nutrient
product on a commercial basis.
5. "Distributor" means a person who distributes a bulk dry
animal nutrient product.
6. "Dry animal nutrient product" means any unmanipulated
animal manure composed primarily of animal excreta, if all of the
following apply:
a. The manure contains one or more recognized plant nutrients
which are used for their plant nutrient content.
b. The manure promotes plant growth.
c. The manure does not flow perceptibly under pressure.
d. The manure is not capable of being transported through a
mechanical pumping device designed to move a liquid.
e. The constituent molecules of the manure do not flow freely
among themselves but do show the tendency to separate under stress.
7. "Guaranteed analysis" means the minimum percentage of
plant nutrients claimed and reported to the department pursuant to
section 200A.6.
8. "Official sample" means any sample of a bulk dry animal
nutrient product taken by the department according to procedures
established by the department consistent with this chapter.
9. "Percent" or "percentage" means percentage by weight.
10. "Purchaser" means a person to whom a dry animal nutrient
product is distributed.
11. "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand pounds
avoirdupois. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1145, §3; 99 Acts, ch 96, §21; 99 Acts, ch 114, §11
