Or. Admin. R. 603-008-0000 – Definitions

The following definitions apply to these division 8 rules:

(1) "Grant Review Team" means a team that provides a technical review of each application. The Grant Review Team shall be appointed by the Director, who shall endeavor to include the following types of individuals: department staff; individuals with experience in the meat industry (including industry associations and nonprofits with knowledge of meat processing); individuals with experience in business development, business expansion and finance; and representatives of other state agencies or universities.
(2) "Department" means the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
(3) "Director" means the director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
(4) "Exotic animal" means any reindeer, elk, deer, antelope, water buffalo, bison, buffalo, yak, or camelids.
(5) "Meat or meat product" has the definition provided in ORS 603.010(7).
(6) "Processing" means preparation or slaughter of meat or meat products from exotic animals or amenable species, excluding equines and poultry.
(7) "Program of state inspection" means the Oregon Department of Agriculture's inspection of establishments as authorized by Oregon Laws 2020, chapter 6.
(8) "Project records" means all records created or used in the course of implementing an approved Oregon Meat Processing Infrastructure and Capacity Building Grant.
(9) "Rural area" means any area within the state of Oregon except the urbanized portions of metropolitan statistical areas, as determined by the U.S. Census Bureau.

HB 2785 (2021), ORS 561.020 & ORS 561.190

HB 2785 (2021)