- 1. “Egregious violation” means a practice, condition, or situation on a farm that is substantially likely to lead to serious adverse health consequences or death from the consumption of or exposure to covered produce.
- 2. “Grower-shipper” means a person who is engaged in this state in the business of packing, shipping, transporting or selling covered produce of which the person is a grower, producer or owner.
- 3. “Imminent public health hazard violation” means a practice, condition or situation on a farm or in a packing house that, if corrective action is not taken immediately, is substantially likely to lead to a potential source of contamination that may cause serious adverse health consequences or death from the consumption of or exposure to covered produce.
- 4. “Major violation” means a practice, condition or situation on a farm or in a packing house that, if corrective action is not taken, may increase the risk of contamination to covered produce.
- 5. “Minor violation” means a practice, condition or situation on a farm or in a packing house that will not increase the risk of contamination to covered produce.
- 6. “Regulated person” means a grower, grower-shipper, harvester, packer, cooler or holder that is a farm, as defined in R3-10-201 and is subject to any of the requirements of Articles 2 through 17.
- 7. “Significant violation” means a practice, condition or situation on a farm or in a packing house that, if corrective action is not taken, is reasonably likely to increase the risk of contamination to covered produce.
These words are defined for use in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:
Historical Note
New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 681, effective August 19, 2019; filed in the Office March 27, 2020 (Supp. 20-1).