As used in this chapter, "first purchaser" refers to the following:
- (1) A person that buys or is engaged in the business of receiving a porcine animal as a commission merchant.
- (2) A person that buys or is engaged in the business of receiving a porcine animal at an auction market.
- (3) A person that buys or is engaged in the business of receiving a porcine animal at a livestock market.
- (4) A producer that raises a porcine animal, slaughters the porcine animal, and sells the pork.
- (5) A person in the business of purchasing a porcine animal on behalf of a producer.
As added by P.L.8-2026, SEC.2.