2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 25 - Food
Article 7A - Dairy Products
Section 25-7A-2 - Definitions.

As used in the New Mexico Dairy Product Act:

A. "advertisement" means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or that are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of food;

B. "board" means the board of regents of New Mexico state university;

C. "contaminated with filth" applies to any dairy product not securely protected from dust, dirt and, so far as may be necessary by all reasonable means, from all foreign or injurious contaminations, or any dairy product found to contain any dust, dirt, foreign or injurious contamination or infestation; the provisions shall be considered to include the manufacture, production, processing, packing, exposure, offer, possession and holding of any such dairy product and the supplying or applying of any such dairy product in the conduct of any dairy establishment;

D. "dairy establishment" means a milk producing or milk processing facility;

E. "dairy product" means milk, whether fluid, dried, evaporated, stabilized, condensed or otherwise processed, cream, milk products, ice cream, frozen custard, French custard, ice milk, frozen dessert or any other food product derived principally from milk;

F. "department" means the New Mexico department of agriculture;

G. "director" means the director of agriculture;

H. "federal act" means the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act;

I. "immediate container" does not include package liners;

J. "label" means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any dairy product. A requirement made by or under authority of the New Mexico Dairy Product Act that any word, statement or other information appears on the label shall not be considered to be complied with unless such word, statement or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if any, of the retail package of such dairy product or is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper;

K. "labeling" means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter:

(1) upon a dairy product or any of its containers or wrappers; or

(2) accompanying such dairy product;

L. "milk" means the whole, clean, lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows or goats, properly fed and kept, delivered from the dairy farm to any receiving or distributing establishment or factory within a reasonable time, excluding that obtained within fifteen days before or five days after calving or such longer period as may be necessary to render milk practically colostrum-free; and

M. "person" includes individual, partnership, corporation and association.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 188, § 2.

Cross references. — For the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, see 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.

Effective dates. — Laws 1993, ch. 188 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 1993, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.