1. (1) “Person” means any individual, corporation, association, partnership or joint stock company.
2. (2) “Commission” means the Oregon Mint Commission.
3. (3) “First Purchaser” means any person who buys mint oil from the producer in the first instance, or handler who receives the mint oil in the first instance from the producer for resale or processing.
4. (4) “Producer” means a person or other legal entity producing mint oil in Oregon for market, whether as a landowner, landlord, tenant, sharecropper or otherwise.
5. (5) “Handler” means any producer, processor, distributor or other person engaged in handling or marketing of or dealing in mint oil, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker or otherwise.
6. (6) Mint oil consists of the oil of mint produced from but not limited to, M. piperita, (peppermint), M. cardiaca and M. spicata (spearmint). All peppermint and spearmint cultivars sold commercially are to be included.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 576

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 576.325 - 576.365

History

OMC 1-1984, f. & ef. 6-18-84