2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 3 - Agriculture and Forestry
RS 3:921 - Definitions
PART V. PRODUCE SAFETY
§921. Definitions
As used in this Part, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry.
(2) "Covered produce farm" means any farm engaged in the growing, harvesting, packing, or holding of produce for human consumption which is subject to the requirements of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, but shall not include farms that have twenty-five thousand dollars or less of gross income from sales of produce in a year.
(3) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
(4) "Produce" means any food that is defined as such within the meaning of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and is a raw agricultural commodity, including raw agricultural commodities that are grown domestically or imported or offered for sale in Louisiana.
Acts 2017, No. 327, §1, eff. June 22, 2017.
