§ 3.401

3-401. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. ' Affected commodity' means the specific citrus, fruit or vegetable that is regulated pursuant to article 2 or 4 of this chapter and that is subject to the marketing agreement or order or the proposed marketing agreement or order. 2. ' Affected person' means a producer or shipper of an affected commodity. 3. ' Associate director' means the associate director of the citrus, fruit and vegetable division of the department. 4. ' Marketing agreement' or ' agreement' means an agreement that is developed by producers or shippers of the affected commodity and that is entered into by the director pursuant to this article. 5. ' Marketing commission' or ' commission' means the marketing commission established under section 3-413. 6. ' Marketing committee' or ' committee' means a marketing committee established by a marketing agreement according to section 3-426. 7. ' Marketing order' or ' order' means an order that is developed by producers or shippers of the affected commodity and that is issued by the director pursuant to this article. 8.

to section 3-426. 7. ' Marketing order' or ' order' means an order that is developed by producers or shippers of the affected commodity and that is issued by the director pursuant to this article. 8. ' Person' means any individual, firm, corporation, trust, association or partnership. 9. ' Producer' means a person that has a financial interest in producing or causing citrus, fruit or vegetable commodities to be produced for market in commercial quantities. 10. ' Shipper' means a person that engages in shipping, transporting, selling or marketing citrus, fruits or vegetables under the shipper's own registered trademark or label or a person that first markets the fruits or vegetables for the producer. 11. ' Volume' means cartons or the equivalent weight of Arizona-grown products marketed in the preceding marketing season. 12. ' Written assent' means a signed statement of an affected person consenting to the terms of a marketing order.