Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14921. Section 14921.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
ARTICLE 2. Definitions [14921. - 14939.]
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in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14923. Section 14923.
“Animal” means any animal, including birds, except a human being.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14924. Section 14924.
“Board” means the Feed Inspection Advisory Board.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14925. Section 14925.
“Commercial feed” includes all materials which are intended for use as feed or for mixing in feed except preparations which are manufactured and distributed for feeding to domestic pets, such as dogs, cats, and birds.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14926. Section 14926.
“Consumer-buyer” means any person not licensed under this chapter who purchases commerical feed from a manufacturer or distributor of such feed for use in feeding animals.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14927. Section 14927.
“Distribute” means to offer for sale, sell, exchange or barter.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14928. Section 14928.
“Drug” means any substance which is intended, or represented, for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of any disease in any animal, and any other substance, except feed, which is intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of any animal.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14929. Section 14929.
“Feed ingredient” means each of the constituent substances making up a formula feed.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14930. Section 14930.
“Formula feed” means two or more feed ingredients, proportioned, mixed, and processed according to specifications.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14931. Section 14931.
“Label” means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon, or affixed to, the container in which a commerical feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip which accompanies a commercial feed.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14932. Section 14932.
“Licensee” means a person that has obtained a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14933. Section 14933.
“Manufacture” means to grind, mix, or further process a commerical feed.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14934. Section 14934.
“Medicated feeds” means commerical feeds that contain drugs.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14935. Section 14935.
“Medicated feed premixes” means a concentrated combination of one or more substances, at least one of which is a drug, which must be diluted through manufacturing into a medicated feed.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14936. Section 14936.
“Percent or percentages” means percentages by weight.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14937. Section 14937.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, association, cooperative association, or any other business unit or organization.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14938. Section 14938.
“Special mix” means any commercial feed which is manufactured, processed, or mixed pursuant to specifications which are agreed upon by the purchaser and the manufacturer.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 14939. Section 14939.
“Ton” means a net weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois.
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