As used in this chapter:(1) [Repealed.](2) 'Capable of use as human food' means and applies to any catfish or part or product of any catfish unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by rules prescribed by the Department of Agriculture to deter its use as human food, or unless it is naturally inedible by humans;(3) 'Cash sale' means a sale in which the seller does not expressly extend credit to the buyer;(4) 'Catfish' means any species of the scientific order Ostariophysida, family Ictaluridae;(5) 'Class A registrant' means any catfish processor who purchases at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) worth of catfish annually from catfish producers;(6) 'Direct retail sale' means the sale of catfish products directly to the consumer;(7) [Repealed.](8) 'Owner' means a person or a producer that owns an equity interest, directly or indirectly, in a catfish processor;(9) 'Person' includes any individual, partnership, corporation, and association, or other legal entity;(10) 'Processor' means any person engaged in handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing, or holding catfish products;(11) 'Producer' means any person engaged in the business of producing catfish 'Processor' means any person engaged in handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing, or holding catfish products;(11) 'Producer' means any person engaged in the business of producing catfish by any method;(12) 'Product' means any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof; and(13) 'Secured party' means a lender who has a perfected security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code, § 4-1-101 et seq., in the catfish being sold.Amended by Act 2023, No. 588,§ 5, eff. 8/1/2023.Amended by Act 2023, No. 588,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2023.Acts 1987, No. 365, § 4; 1989 (3rd Ex. Sess.), No. 53, § 1; 2003, No. 128, § 1.
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