The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Act—The Pennsylvania Agricultural Commodities Marketing Act of 1968 (3 P. S. § § 1001—1013).

Affected producer—A person who produces or grows 5 or more acres of potatoes within this Commonwealth in a calendar year for sale or marketing.

Department—The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.

PASS—The Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service.

Person—An individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other business unit.

Potatoes—All varieties of potatoes grown in this Commonwealth.

Processor—A person who commercially processes potatoes into potato products, including frozen, dehydrated or canned potato products, potato chips, shoestring potatoes and flour.

Program—The Pennsylvania Potato Research Program.

Sales agent—A processor, a producer or a person who purchases, handles, receives, sells or contracts to sell potatoes originating from a producer. A producer may be a sales agent with respect to potatoes of his own production.

Source

The provisions of this § 104.13 adopted July 26, 1996, effective July 27, 1996, 26 Pa.B. 3534.