R65-1-2. Definitions of Terms

A. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Food of the State of Utah.

B. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, legal representative, or any organized group of individuals.

C. "Apples" means apples produced for market.

D. "Producer" means any person in this State in the business of producing or causing to be produced apples for the commercial market, provided such producers shall not include producers who sell all the commodity direct to the consumer.

E. "Handler" means any person engaged in the operation of selling, marketing, or distributing in commerce, or affecting commerce, apples which are produced in Utah; but no rule under this Order shall apply to the sale of such apples to Retail Outlets.

F. "Registered" producers means a producer who has indicated that he/she wants to be included in the marketing order voting process by registering to vote in the referendum. Registration forms may be mailed out with the ballots.

G. "Known" producers means a producer of a specific commodity who has been identified by the commodity group, her/himself, or a third party as being eligible to register to vote in a referendum affecting that specific commodity.